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Long Island - Thin Wove Paper Issue (SG 23-36)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
194 og ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, -1/2p Black on Thin Wove Paper, Ten Frame Colons at Sides (SG 23 var). Carbon copy, plate 6, pos. 24, without gum as issued, mostly large margins all around, showing ten colons at sides causing a noticeably "taller" stamp, small thin spot, Very Fine appearance, only 72 carbon examples were printed (plus 24 top impressions) and 30 remainders destroyed (some may have been top impressions), Gibbs records only thirteen unused examples, four of which are from the bottom row with the ten frame colons (other three are a strip, ex "Mountrobeck") which was caused by a paper slippage resulting in the stamps measuring around 42-43mm rather than the normal 38-39mm, SG £700 as normal (Image)

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Get Market Data for [Turkey (Long Island) 23 var.]

E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $650.00
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195 og ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, -1/2p Black on Thin Wove Paper (SG 23). Carbon copy, horizontal pair, plate 6, pos. 18-19, without gum as issued, large to full margins, left stamp with minor vertical crease, otherwise Very Fine and rare, only 72 carbon examples were printed (plus 24 top impressions) and 30 remainders destroyed (some may have been top impressions), Gibbs records only thirteen unused examples, one of only two multiples recorded (the other a strip of three, ex "Mountrobeck"), SG value as singles £1,400 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,000.00
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196   ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, -1/2p Black on Thin Wove Paper (SG 23). Plate 6, ample to clear margins, neat manuscript blue crayon "N 26 MY 16" circular datestamp of Northend, small corner crease, otherwise Fine and rare, only 72 carbon examples were printed (plus 24 top impressions) and 30 remainders destroyed (some may have been top impressions), Gibbs records only three used examples, one of which is uncancelled on cover, ex "Mountrobeck", undervalued in Stanley Gibbons based on the quantity recorded, SG £1,100 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,500.00
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197 og ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, -1/2p Mauve on Thin Wove Paper, Ten Frame Colons at Sides (SG 25 var). Plate 6, pos. 24, without gum as issued, mostly large margins all around, showing ten colons at sides causing a noticeably "taller" stamp, mild horizontal bend, Very Fine appearance, only 24 carbon examples were printed and no remainders destroyed, Gibbs records only sixteen unused examples, only three examples of which are from the bottom row with the ten frame colons (other two are contained in a block of four, ex "Mountrobeck") which was caused by a paper slippage resulting in the stamps measuring around 42-43mm rather than the normal 38-39mm, SG £1,900 as normal (Image)

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Get Market Data for [Turkey (Long Island) 25]

E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
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198 og ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, 1p Black on Thin Wove Paper (SG 26). Bottom margin plate no. 12 single, pos. 22, without gum as issued, large margins, light paper wrinkles and right and horizontal crease in bottom margin, Very Fine appearance, only 72 examples were printed with 24 remainders destroyed, Gibbs records only sixteen unused examples, all three plate nos. are recorded as pairs (ex "Mountrobeck" and ex Siegel Sale 1194, Lot 2383), SG £1,200 without any premium for plate no. (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $550.00
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199 og ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, 1p Black on Thin Wove Paper (SG 26). Plate 12, without gum as issued, large to full margins, Very Fine, only 72 examples were printed with 24 remainders destroyed, Gibbs records only sixteen unused examples, most of which are tied up in multiples, SG £1,200 (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $650.00
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200   ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, 1p Red on Thin Wove Paper (SG 27). Plate 12, pos. 17, large margins, tied on small piece by two partial manuscript blue crayon "N 18 MY 16" circular datestamps of Northend, showing the "L" of "Long" doubled, vertical creasing at right, Very Fine appearance, only 24 examples were printed with no remainders destroyed, Gibbs records only ten used examples, this as the unique example with the Double "L", ex "Mountrobeck", SG £2,500 with no premium for variety (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
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201 ogbl ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, 2p Black on Thin Wove Paper (SG 30). Carbon copy, block of sixteen with plate no. 1 at top left comprising the top four rows of a sheet, pos. 1-4/5-8/9-12/13-16, without gum as issued, pos. 10 showing short "T" in "Two", couple small faults incl. horizontal crease thru bottom row, pos. 3 with two pinholes and some toning from improper housing mainly affecting left margin and first column plus pos. 7 and 11

FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE 2-PENCE ON WOVE PAPER IN PRIVATE HANDS. THIS MULTIPLE COMPRISES ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CARBON EXAMPLES AVAILABLE.

A total of 120 carbon examples were printed (plus 48 top impressions) with 31 remainders destroyed (likely a mixture of impressions). Gibbs records about 70 unused examples which incl. a sheet of 24 from plate 2 in the National Postal Museum. Therefore, this is the largest multiple in private hands of either impression, the next largest a block of eight (ex "Mountrobeck").

Ex "Mountrobeck". SG value as singles £8,800 (Image)

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Get Market Data for [Turkey (Long Island) 30]

E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
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202   ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, 2p Black on Thin Wove Paper (SG 30). Carbon copy, margins to in at top right, neat manuscript blue crayon "N 22 MY 16" circular datestamp of Northend, missing piece at top right and two small pinholes, Fine appearance, despite the faults, this is the only recorded used carbon copy example recorded by Gibbs, only one top impression example has been recorded (on cover, ex "Mountrobeck"), a major rarity and undervalued in Stanley Gibbons as such, ex "Mountrobeck", SG £1,100 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $300.00
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203 og ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, 2p Black on Thin Wove Paper, Initialed in Red Ink (SG 30c). Plate 1, pos. 4, without gum as issued, large margins, thin spot at top mostly in margin but just touching dotted frame, Very Fine appearance, only one sheet of 24 were initialed in red and unknown whether any remainders were destroyed, only nine unused examples recorded by Gibbs (one in Royal Collection), due to the red ink bleed caused by the paper, the rest of the printing was done in black crayon, SG £2,750 (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $700.00
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204 og ImageLONG ISLAND, 1916, 2p Black on Thin Wove Paper, Initialed in Red Ink (SG 30c). Plate 1, without gum as issued, balanced margins, slight water staining at top and affecting red ink, light bend mostly in margin at top right, Fine appearance, only one sheet of 24 were initialed in red and unknown whether any remainders were destroyed, only nine unused examples recorded by Gibbs (one in Royal Collection), due to the red ink bleed caused by the paper, the rest of the printing was done in black crayon, SG £2,750 (Image)

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Get Market Data for [Turkey (Long Island) 30c]

E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

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