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EXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING MINT NEVER-HINGED SET OF MATCHED TOP POSITION PLATE NUMBER AND "F" BLOCKS OF SIX OF THE GRAF ZEPPELIN ISSUE.
This set is difficult to obtain as plate blocks with such choice centering. (Image)
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FINE-VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE INTACT PANE OF 50 OF THE 6-CENT EAGLE AND SHIELD AIR POST ISSUE IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY.
Datz states that 50 panes were discovered. Very few remain as intact panes. (Image)
FINE-VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE INTACT PANE OF 50 OF THE 6-CENT EAGLE AND SHIELD AIR POST ISSUE IN THE ULTRAMARINE AND CARMINE COLORS. VERY FEW PANES OF THIS DISTINCTIVE COLOR VARIETY REMAIN INTACT.
Scott Retail as plate block of four, center line block and singles. (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE LARGE-MARGINED TÊTE-BÊCHE PAIR OF THE BUFFALO BALLOON AIR POST ISSUE.
The Buffalo Balloon stamp, designed by John B. Lillard and engraved by John H. Snively, was printed by Wheeler Brothers Printers in Nashville, Tennessee. Only 300 were printed in tête-bêche arrangement from a single die. The stamps were intended for use on a balloon flight from Nashville to Gallatin, Tennessee, which took place on June 18, 1877. Of the 300 that were printed, Lillard wrote that only 23 were used.
Based on previous examples we have handled, at least some of the Buffalo Balloon stamps were exposed to moisture around the time they were printed. This accounts for the fact that only two of the tête-bêche pairs certified by the Philatelic Foundation are potentially sound. The others are mostly thinned or scuffed in one corner where they were stuck together. This pair, with minor scuffs on one stamp is among the better condition examples extant.
With 2013 P.F. certificate. (Image)
FRESH AND VERY FINE FLOWN COVER FROM THE 1971 APOLLO 15 MOON EXPLORATION.
Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program and the fourth to land on the Moon. It was the first of what were termed "J missions", long stays on the Moon, with a greater focus on science than had been possible on previous missions. The mission began on July 26, 1971, and ended on August 7. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15 )
According to the American Air Mail Catalogue, Pilot Alfred Worden was authorized to carry 144 covers on the mission. 16 were torn or destroyed and 60 were confiscated by NASA and eventually returned to Worden after litigation.
AAMC Value $13,000.00 (Image)
VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT POSTAGE DUE SPECIAL PRINTING.
It has been estimated that no more than 179 examples of the 30c Postage Due Special Printing reached the public. The vast majority of surviving original-gum examples are faulty.
With 1959 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 2-CENT VERMILION UNWATERMARKED POSTAGE DUE ISSUE. THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND J30 PLATE BLOCK WE HAVE OFFERED SINCE KEEPING COMPUTERIZED RECORDS.
Both the 1c and 2c Vermilion Postage Due issues, Scott J29 and J30, are extremely rare in any form of multiple. The Whitpain Collection contained a Mint N.H. plate block of J30, which is the only other 2c plate block contained in Power Search. We have not offered any of 1c J29.
With 1990 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $1.00 ON 50-CENT OFFICES IN CHINA, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. AN OUTSTANDING CONDITION RARITY.
With 1999 P.F. and 2012 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95, SMQ $5,750.00). Only one has graded higher (at 98) and only four others share this desirable grade. This is the only stamp graded 95 we have offered (Image)