Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Session Two (lots 2137-2417): Monday, October 19, 2020, at 1:30pm continued...

12c-90c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 36-39)

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Lot Description

2271

12c Black, Plate 1 (36). Horizontal pair, tied by grid and part of red 19c credit circular datestamp on small piece, Fine, with 2010 Weiss certificate (Image)

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$ 720.00

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

2272

12c Black, Plate 3 (36B). Unused (no gum), intense shade, with straddle pane margin at right showing centerline and part of stamp in adjoining pane, Very Fine, with 1985 A.P.S. certificate (Image)

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$ 325.00

SOLD for $200.00
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2273

12c Black, Plate 3 (36B). Block of four with bottom selvage, original gum, bottom right stamp Mint N.H., bottom left stamp lightly hinged, top pair h.r., intense dark shade, top pair horizontal crease, overall Fine-Very Fine, a desirable block containing one stamp with three huge margins and Mint N.H. gum, Scott value as hinged block (Image)

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$ 5,000.00

SOLD for $800.00
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2274

12c Black, Plate 3 (36B). Block of 24 in 8 x 3 format, original gum, intense shade and impression, most with tiny hinge slivers sensibly reinforcing perfs, small inked-in scrape in third stamp from right at bottom

VERY FINE. AN IMPRESSIVE MULTIPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM PLATE 3 -- THE THIRD LARGEST BLOCK AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, AND THE LARGEST AVAILABLE WITH ORIGINAL GUM.

A pane of 100 is contained in the Jefferys collection, formerly in the Franklin Institute and now displayed at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. A half-pane of 50 and a block of 25 are also known (both offered in our Sale 1000), but neither has gum.

Ex Caspary, Klein, "Sevenoaks" and Wingate. With 2001 P.F. certificate. Scott value as four blocks of four and four pairs (Image)

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$ 26,000.00

SOLD for $5,000.00
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2275

24c Gray Lilac (37). Original gum, fresh color and sharp impression, wide margins at sides, Very Fine, with 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 1,450.00

SOLD for $800.00
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2276

24c Gray Lilac (37). Horizontal pair, part original gum which covers about half of each stamp, bright shade, attractive centering with perfs barely touched at top, both stamps with small shallow thin spot straddling the perfs between and evident only in fluid, appears Very Fine, Scott value as original-gum pair (Image)

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$ 3,150.00

SOLD for $500.00
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2277

24c Gray Lilac (37). Used with 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A), tied by "San Francisco Cal. Jun. 21, 1861" circular datestamp on small piece, Fine, Scott value as singles (Image)

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$ 355.00

SOLD for $170.00
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2278

30c Orange (38). Original gum, lightly hinged, brilliant color on bright paper, beautifully centered

EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE.

With 2002 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates (OG, XF 90; SMQ $5,000.00) (Image)

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$ 1,900.00

SOLD for $4,500.00
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2279

30c Orange (38). Vibrant color as fresh as the day it was printed, well-balanced margins, neat strike of large Boston "Paid" grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 2010 P.F. certificate (VF-XF 85) (Image)

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$ 455.00

SOLD for $475.00
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2280

90c Blue (39). Original gum, h.r. at top, exceptional centering and margins, deep rich color and proof-like impression

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE. THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN IN ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION AND WITH SUCH PRECISE CENTERING.

The 90c stamp was issued in 1860, along with the 24c and 30c values, all of which were needed to prepay high international letter rates established by various postal treaties. When supplies of current postage stamps were declared invalid in the South and ultimately demonetized by the Federal government, the 90c had been in use for only one year. Most unused examples come from supplies recovered from Southern post offices. The vast majority have no gum or poor centering -- this is an extraordinary exception to the rule. This stamp's centering and margin width are virtually unimprovable, and we consider the XF-Superb 95 grade to be one level too low -- if this is not a Superb 98, then what is?

With 2017 P.S.E. certificate (OGh, XF-Superb 95; SMQ $17,500.00). Only three other original-gum stamps have achieved a 95 grade in the P.S.E. Population Report -- the highest awarded. (Image)

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$ 3,000.00

SOLD for $14,500.00
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2281

90c Blue (39). Unused (no gum), deep rich color, wide margins, Very Fine, with 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 1,300.00

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction