Spink Shreves Galleries Sale

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UNITED STATES STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY continued...

1913 PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION continued...

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Lot Description

CV or Estimate

161

400A

#400A, 10c Panama-Pacific, orange, exceedingly well centered amid uncharacteristically large margins, lovely bright color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine and choice; 2008 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,250.00). (Image)

$400.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

162

403

#403, 5c Panama-Pacific, perf. 10, wonderfully well centered and margined, lovely rich color on a bright white paper, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2012 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ $850.00). (Image)

$390.00

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

1912-1914 WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ISSUES

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163

414

#414, 8c Pale olive green, a remarkable used single, possessing incredibly large margins not typically seen while still being perfectly balanced within them, brilliant rich color and an excellent impression on fresh paper, light duplex cancel, an extremely fine gem in all regards; 2012 PSE certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $400.00 for 98); this is the highest grade awarded to a used example with a mere one other reaching this grade. (Image)

$2.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1913-1915 WASHINGTON-FRANKLINS

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164

440

#440, 50c Violet, uncharacteristically well centered and margined, wonderfully bright color on pristine white paper, o.g., l.h., extremely fine; 2012 PF certificate (XF 90; SSV $625.00). (Image)

$475.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

165

444

#444, 2c Carmine flat plate coil, perf. 10 vert., choice used single, with eye-arresting intense color and a bold impression, exceptionally well centered within unusually large margins, light cancel, extremely fine; 2010 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ $150.00). (Image)

$35.00

SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction

166

446

#446, 4c Brown flat plate coil, perf. 10 vert., guide line pair, rich color, large margins, o.g., very fine; 2010 PSE certificate. (Image)

$700.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

167

447

#447, 5c Blue flat plate coil, perf. 10 vert., handsome guide line pair, exceedingly well centered within large margin, intense prooflike color and impression, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2008 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ $925.00). (Image)

$525.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1916-1917 WASHINGTON-FRANKLINS

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168

466

#466, 5c Blue, a select mint single that boasts marvelous centering amid remarkably large margins, stunningly rich color, coupled by a strong impression and full long perforations, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine and choice; 2012 PSE certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $450.00); the highest grade achieved for a mint example for this stamp to date. (Image)

$70.00

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

169

467

#467, 5c Carmine error, double error in a block of twelve, bright color, o.g., n.h., fine. (Image)

$2,800.00

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

170

467

#467, 5c Carmine error, double error in a block of twelve, bright color, top middle 2c with small thin spot, o.g., top error n.h., bottom error l.h., very fine appearance; 2012 PF certificate. (Image)

$1,750.00

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

171

467

#467, 5c Carmine error, single centered to left, well tied to "The Maxwell Motor Co." corner card cover by "Dayton, Ohio/Aug 27 1917" machine cancel to Winchendon, Mass., cover with some light staining at bottom left and small corner crease at top right effecting just a single perforation and of little consequence, fine; an incredibly rare cover accepted as payment for the 2c rate of which less than 20 contemporary examples are known and with only a fraction of that number known as single usages such as this. (Image)

$5,000.00

SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

172

476A

#476A, 30c Orange red, the extremely rare unwatermarked, perforated 10 issue, pos. 35 from plate 6917, incredibly fresh, with radiant color, typical centering for this, o.g., n.h., fine; one of the rarest stamps of the 20th century with only two panes of 100 having been discovered; photocopy of the pane from which this was taken and 1972 PF certificate. (Image)

for fine $5,500.00

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

173

478

#478, $1.00 Violet black, a most impressive mint example of this high value, being not only extraordinarily well centered and margined, but also possessing a wonderful overall freshness, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a stamp that is almost never offered both in gem quality and never hinged; encapsulated PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $6,000.00); only one stamp grades higher. (Image)

$1,400.00

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

174

491

#491, 2c Carmine coil, Ty. II, perf. 10 vert., joint line strip of four, strong rich color, o.g., left stamp is never hinged, other three stamps are lightly hinged, very fine; a rare and desirable coil line strip; 2012 PSAG certificate. (Image)

$20,750.00+

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

1917-1919 WASHINGTON-FRANKLINS

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175

498f

#498f, 1c Green A.E.F. booklet pane of thirty, bright fresh color, o.g., lightly hinged, fine-very fine. (Image)

$1,050.00

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

176

505

#505, 5c Rose error, the top right stamp in a block of four, the error itself being wonderfully well centered amid large balanced margins, o.g., n.h., an extremely fine gem. (Image)

$625.00

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

177

505

#505, 5c Rose error, single well tied to piece along with a 1c Green stationery by double duplex strikes of "Pawpaw, Mich./Nov 15, 1917" cancels, strong color, fine. (Image)

$550.00+

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

178

510a

#510a, 10c Brown yellow, an intense shade variety which is easily distinguishable from the normal printing color, well centered for this, pristine o.g., n.h., very fine; a rare opportunity to acquire an example of this rare shade as this is the first example we have had the opportunity to offer in our auctions; 2009 PF certificate. (Image)

$2,500.00

SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

179

516

#516, 30c Orange red, dazzling bright color, outstanding centering amid a well margined example, deeply etched impression on bright white paper, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2012 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $465.00). (Image)

$70.00

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

180

518

#518, $1.00 Violet brown, a marvelously choice mint bottom margin plate no. 5782 single, possessing near perfect centering within large margins, impressively rich color, pristine o.g., n.h., an extremely fine gem; 2008 PSE certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $1,650.00). (Image)

$95.00

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction