The Gordon Eubanks Collection of The U.S. 1869 Pictorial Issue continued...

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM PAIR OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. VERY FEW MULTIPLES OF ANY SIZE ARE KNOWN.

Only eight original-gum multiples larger than a pair are recorded.

Ex Caspary. With 1974 and 2000 P.F. certificates (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT VALUES OF THE SET TO OBTAIN WITH SUCH WIDE MARGINS. A TRUE CONDITION RARITY.

Surviving used examples often show the tendency of postal clerks to zealously cancel high-denomination stamps, which were typically used on mail to foreign countries or on heavy registered letters. The stamp offered here, with Jumbo margins and with the design clearly visible, is a great rarity.

With 1981 P.F. certificate (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE CANCELLED SOLELY BY THE RED LEAF OF NEW YORK CITY.

With 1984 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE. ARGUABLY THE FINEST AND MOST ATTRACTIVE OF THE SIX RECORDED USED BLOCKS OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.

The six recorded used blocks of the 24c 1869, excluding the unique Invert block, are listed here (identified by last known pedigree): 1) ex Rose, VF centering, fancy circle of V's cancel neatly struck on each stamp, minor wrinkling causing light creasing, top right stamp small margin tear, offered in Siegel Sale 794, 2) ex Bechtel, EF centering, circular cork cancels over each vignette, 3) ex Ishikawa, VF centering, circle of wedges cancel, left stamps few small tears, the block offered here, 4) ex Anderson, Fine centering to top right, circle of wedges cancel, 5) ex Klein, Fine centering to left, quartered cork cancels, light corner crease at bottom right and several rejoined perfs, and 6) ex Lopez, perfs cutting in at right, cork cancels.

Ex Ishikawa. With 2010 P.F. certificate (Image)

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VERY FINE AND A UNIQUE COMBINATION COVER. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE USED WITH ANY STAMP FROM A PREVIOUS ISSUE. IT IS ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE USED FROM THE WEST COAST AND ADDRESSED TO PERU. ONE OF THE GREATEST 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE COVERS IN EXISTENCE.

The stamps on this cover pay the 34c rate to Peru. It was carried by American Packet from San Francisco to Panama, where it entered the British postal system. It was then carried from Panama to Callao on a Pacific Steam Navigation Co. steamer and from there to Lima.

The 1869 Census book lists a total of 72 24c 1869 Issue covers, including twelve used with non-1869 Issue stamps. Of these, one is a Postal Stationery item, and the rest are combinations with Bank Note stamps. This is the only 24c 1869 cover with stamps of any previous issue. The cover offered here is not listed in the census, and was overlooked by the authors, probably because it had been off the market for a long period of time.

Signed and dated by Stanley Ashbrook in 1955. With 1988 P.F. certificate (two years after the census book was printed) (Image)

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