• Login (enter your user name) and Password
    Please Login. You are NOT Logged in.

    Quick Search:

  • To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork news in your Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!

Login to Use StampAuctionNetwork.
New Member? Click "Register".

StampAuctionNetwork Extended Features

StampAuctionNetwork Channels
 
You are not logged in. Please Login so that we can determine your registration status with this firm. If you have never registered, please register by pressing the [Quick Signup (New to StampAuctionNetwork)] button. Then Login. Listen to Live Audio!


 
logo

The Bernard Faust Collection of U.S. 1863-68 Black Jack Issues continued...

Imprint and Plate Numbers, Specialized Study
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1085 c Image2c Black (73). With bottom part imprint and plate no. 28 selvage, intense shade, nice margins and centering, tied by "Boston Mass. Paid ? 30" double-circle datestamp on locally addressed cover, Very Fine, a choice and striking plate number example on cover, ex Brown, Caspary and Allen, illustrated in Lane book on p. 113, the 2c Black Jack in issued form is recorded from only seven plates, numbered 28, 29, 30, 31, 50, 51 and 53 (Plate 57 is recorded in proof form), the Faust collection contains examples from each one, with 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1086 c Image2c Black (73). With bottom part imprint and plate no. 29 selvage, centered to bottom right, tied by "Washington D.C. Mar. 20" circular datestamp and quartered cork duplex on albino embossed corner card cover to local street address, Fine and scarce plate number example on cover, ex Mackey (Siegel Sale 441) and Metzger (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1087 ngbl Image2c Black, F. Grill (93). Block of four with bottom part imprint and plate no. 30 selvage, unused (no gum), h.r. reinforcing some perf separations, top left stamp minor abrasion, Very Fine appearance, a choice plate number multiple, ex Faiman (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1088   Image2c Black (73). With bottom part imprint and plate no. 30 selvage, geometric cancel, small scuff in selvage over plate number, Fine (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
1089 ogbl Image2c Black (73). Bottom imprint and plate no. 31 block of eight, original gum, detailed impression, attractive margins and centering, some skillfully reinforced perf separations

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1863 2-CENT BLACK JACK ISSUE.

Fourteen full plate blocks are recorded in the Chapin census, but very few have been offered on the market. Including the plate block offered in this sale, Power Search located only three others offered in our auctions since 1994 and all of our Rarities sales. Plate 31 is especially rare, as only three full plate blocks are recorded in the Chapin census.

This block is listed in the Chapin census as number 270, originally known as a plate block of 12 (with pairs adjoining the block of eight at bottom sides). The plate block of 12 appeared in the Siegel 1965 Rarities of the World sale and is shown in the Allen book on page 113. Chapin states that the block was stolen from Allen, and the side pairs were removed before it was recovered.

Ex Allen (illustrated in Lane book on p. 113) and Metzger (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 $ 15,000.00

SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1090   Image2c Black (73). With bottom part imprint and plate no. 31 selvage, centered to left and tied to small piece by Philadelphia duplex cancel, Fine and scarce, ex Metzger (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
1091 c Image2c Black (73). With bottom part imprint and plate no. 31 selvage, couple nibbed perfs at right, tied by waffle grid cancel on buff cover with albino embossed corner card for produce and commission merchant and addressed to Calais Vt., 1865 prices current enclosure, cover with some edgewear and soiling, Fine appearing and scarce plate number example on cover, ex Allen and Metzger (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
1092 ogbl Image2c Black (73). Block of nine (3 x 3) with bottom part imprint and plate no. 50 selvage, original gum, couple stamps Mint N.H., fine impression and crisp shade, well-centered, strong and intact perfs

FINE-VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF NINE OF THE 1863 2-CENT BLACK JACK ISSUE WITH A LARGE PART OF THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY IMPRINT AND FULL "NO. 50 PLATE". THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED UNUSED BLOCK WITH THE INTACT PLATE NUMBER 50.

Fourteen full plate blocks are recorded in the Chapin census, plus a number of other multiples bearing either a part imprint and plate number, or in strip form. This block of nine is listed as number 271A in the Chapin census, and it is the only recorded block with Plate 50 (a plate number strip of four also exists). Plate 50 is elusive in any form, with just a handful known in total, most of which are in the Faust collection.

Ex Metzger (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1093   Image2c Black (73). With bottom part imprint and plate no. 50 selvage, centered to top left, red New York Star in Circle fancy cancel and part of circular datestamp, fresh and Fine, a striking plate number single of the Black Jack with a red fancy cancel, especially rare from the elusive Plate 50 -- only a handful are known in any format and most are in the Faust collection, ex Metzger (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1094   Image2c Black (73). With bottom part imprint and plate no. 50 selvage, choice centering with well-balanced margins, Circle of Diamonds fancy cancel, just a hint of soiling, still Very Fine, a premium plate number single, especially rare from the elusive Plate 50 -- only a handful are known in any format and most are in the Faust collection, ex Metzger (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1095 c Image2c Black (73). With bottom part imprint and plate no. 50 selvage, deep shade, tied by cork cancel which leaves portrait and plate number untouched, part strike of "Philada. Pa. Post Office Jul. 16 2nd '67" double-circle datestamp on buff cover to local street address, small sealed tear at top left, faint discoloration at right not affecting stamp

VERY FINE. ONLY A HANDFUL OF EXAMPLES OF THE 1863 2-CENT BLACK JACK ARE KNOWN WITH THE ELUSIVE PLATE NUMBER 50. THIS IS BY FAR THE FINER OF TWO KNOWN ON COVER.

Ex Russo and Martin, and from our 1984 Rarities sale (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork are
Copyright © 1994-2022 Droege Computing Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Mailing Address: 20 West Colony Place
Suite 120, Durham NC 27705
Back to Top of Page