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The Grant Inman Collection, Part 7: Private Die Medicine Stamps continued...

Ring's Vegetable Ambrosia thru H.R. Stevens continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2159   ImageSeabury & Johnson, 1c Lake, Watermarked Paper, Perforated (RS218d). Rich color, usual penstroke crossing out "Porous" at right, few faults including short perf at top right, few thin spots and light creases, otherwise Very Fine, scarce, only 17 are recorded in the Aldrich book of which very few are sound, the example offered here is centered better than most, ex Turner (Image)

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 3,250.00

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
2160   ImageA. L. Scovill & Co., 4c Green, Experimental Silk Paper (RS221e). Few short blue silk fibers, brilliant color, fresh and Very Fine, a lovely sound example of this scarce experimental silk paper issue, ex "Scarsdale", with 2007 P.F. certificate, undercatalogued in Scott (Image)

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 $ 190.00

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
2161 og ImageDr. M. A. Simmons, Iuka Miss., 1c Black, Watermarked Paper (RS223d). Traces of original gum, intense shade and detailed impression, typical centering for this difficult issue, completely sound

FINE. ONLY SIX EXAMPLES OF THE SIMMONS IUKA ISSUE ON WATERMARKED PAPER ARE RECORDED, AND ONLY THREE ARE SOUND. ONE OF THE GREAT MEDICINE STAMP RARITIES.

The Dr. Simmons stamps were originally engraved and printed with the Iuka inscription. After the firm moved to St. Louis, the inscription was changed. The "Iuka" stamps were normally printed on silk paper, and the "St. Louis" stamps on Bureau watermarked paper. The "Iuka "on watermarked paper is a great rarity. Richard Friedberg offers the theory that the first supply delivered by the Bureau was printed with the "Iuka" inscription, and that Simmons returned the stamps with a request to change the address to St. Louis.

The Aldrich book records six examples, of which three are potentially sound. We have offered only one other since keeping computerized records -- the ex-Lilly, Tolman and "Scarsdale" copy -- with similar centering and top left corner sheet selvage. The 1991 Joyce sale had one, with similar centering and a thin spot. We have been unable to locate any others in the past several decades of auctions.

Ex Joyce. With 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 14,000.00

SOLD for $9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2162   ImageE. L. Soule & Co., 1c Blue, Syracuse Wrapper, Experimental Silk Paper (RS227e). Several of the tell-tale short blue silk fibers, deep rich color, some typical light creases as normally found on these large-format stamps, usual scissors-cuts of approximately 10 mm on each side between the design and the larger white margins

FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE SYRACUSE ONE-CENT BLUE EXPERIMENTAL SILK PAPER WRAPPER.

No examples of the experimental silk wrapper were offered in either the Joyce or Tolman sales. This issue was recently listed in Scott, just after our 2012 "Scarsdale" sale.

Ex "Scarsdale". With 2010 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 3,000.00

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
2163   ImageE. L. Soule & Co., 1c Ultramarine, Syracuse Wrapper, Old Paper (RS227u). Large margins to just in, radiant color, usual light creases, few thin spots, usual scissors-cuts of approximately 10 mm on each side mostly between the design and the larger white margins, Very Fine appearance and an attractive example of this unusual color variety, only 26 are recorded in the Aldrich book, we have yet to encounter one in sound condition, ex Bulkley, with 2012 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 975.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
2164   ImageH. R. Stevens, 6c Black, Pink Paper (RS230c). Choice centering with wide margins, intense shade and impression, fresh and Very Fine, ex Tolman (Image)

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 $ 125.00

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

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