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The David W. Gorham Collection continued...

1861 Issue First Designs and Colors (Scott 56-66)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
109 og Image3c Brown Rose, First Design (56). Original gum, single hinge mark, radiant color on bright paper, unusually choice centering with balanced margins, Extremely Fine, a beautiful example of the 3c First Design, with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)

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550.00

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
110 og Image24c Dark Violet, First Color (60). Original gum, lightly hinged, intense shade in the true Dark Violet First Color, remarkably detailed impression, choice centering for this difficult issue

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 24-CENT DARK VIOLET EARLY TRIAL PRINTING. ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE 24-CENT 1861-63 ISSUE SHADES.

The Dark Violet trial printing and Violet regular issue shades are often confused, and the Scott Catalogue adds to the confusion by putting the Dark Violet (the old Scott 60) in the Trial Color Proofs section as 70TCe, while the Violet gets a front seat as Scott 70c. In our opinion, there is no good reason to relegate the Dark Violet to the Trial Color Proof section. As a result, the stamp offered here is undercatalogued in relation to other 24c stamps of equal rarity. For example, Scott 70c has a value of $35,000.00 versus Scott 70TCe at $15,000.00.

Ex Whitman. With 1986, 1995 and 2009 P.F. certificates (VF-XF 85) (Image)

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15,000.00

SOLD for $16,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
111 og Image30c Red Orange, First Color (61). Original gum, beautiful shade and impression, choice centering for this difficult issue, full perforations all around

VERY FINE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLES OF THE RARE 30-CENT 1861 FIRST COLOR. AN EXTREMELY RARE STAMP IN COMPLETELY SOUND CONDITION.

Our census of the 30c 1861 First Color, available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/61/61.pdf , contains a total of 32 examples, including one in the Miller collection at The New York Public Library. A characteristic common to most examples of the 30c 1861 First Color is faint creasing, which in some cases is very severe and in others barely visible. Six stamps with original gum are free of faults, although a few have a trivial nibbed perf or two. All of the sound stamps are centered to one side (as are most of the others).

Census No. 61-OG-01. Ex Lessin. With 1970 and 2002 P.F. certificates. (Image)

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45,000.00

SOLD for $25,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
112 og Image90c Blue, First Design (62). Unused (no gum), beautiful centering with wide even margins, deep shade and proof-like impression on bright white paper

EXTREMELY FINE GEM EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 90-CENT FIRST DESIGN. THE SECOND RAREST STAMP OF THE 1861 FIRST DESIGNS AND COLORS. ONLY SIX ARE CONFIRMED AS SOUND. A BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE CLASSIC STAMP.

Our census of the 1861 First Designs and Colors, available at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/62/62.pdf , contains 22 examples of Scott 62, including one copy in the New York Public Library collection, another copy certified as a privately-perforated No. 62a which comes from a set in the Col. Green sale that was signed by John Luff (we believe this stamp to be genuine). Another has been certified as genuine with a trial cancel. Excluding the New York Public Library copy, the used example and the ex-Green stamp just noted, only six examples of the 90c First Design are confirmed as sound (generally Extremely Fine centering). A seventh stamp has not been seen since 1957 (No. 02) and needs to be reexamined for condition. Five of the six are unused without gum, as is this example.

Census No. 62-UNC-04. Ex Isleham and Zoellner. With 1987 and 2004 P.F. certificates. This is the first we have offered since our 2002 Drucker sale. Scott Retail as original gum (Image)

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50,000.00

SOLD for $65,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
113 og Image3c Lake (66). Original gum, barely hinged, bright shade and detailed impression on crisp paper, gorgeous centering

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB LIGHTLY-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 LAKE TRIAL COLOR.

With 1996 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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2,000.00

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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