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The Diamond Collection of United States Possessions-Part One continued...

Philippines, 1899-1903 Issues

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

3067

PHILIPPINES, 1c-$1.00 Trans-Mississippi (285-292). Complete set through the $1.00, each tied to small piece of notebook paper by "Military Sta. No. 3 San Fran., Iloilo, Phil. Islands Apr. 19, 2 PM" duplex cancel, three of the lower denomination stamps with some slight edge toning which does not affect the 50c or $1.00 (latter with natural s.e.)

FINE-VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE SET OF THE 1898 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE THROUGH THE $1.00 WITH PHILIPPINES U.S. MILITARY STATION CANCELS.

We have not encountered another set similar to this one (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

3068

PHILIPPINES, 1899, 1c-$5.00 Ovpts., UPU Overseas Postal Administration "Specimen" Ovpts. (213S/225S var, E1S var, J1S-J7S var). Complete set (10c Ty. II and $1.00 Ty. II not known), mostly either no gum or small part disturbed original gum as these were stuck down in postal archive books, the removal from which also caused thins on some, bright colors, several below the $1.00 with natural s.e.

FINE APPEARANCE. AN ALMOST CERTAINLY UNIQUE SET OF "SPECIMEN" STAMPS PROVIDED TO FOREIGN POSTAL ARCHIVES.

Stamps were first affixed to archive albums and then overprinted by the postal authorities upon receipt from the UPU. This set comes from a 1976 Robson Lowe sale and has not been offered to the market since then. A similar set with different "Specimen" overprints was offered in our 2009 Whitpain sale (realized $5,750) (Image)

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E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3069

PHILIPPINES, 1899, 50c Orange (212). Bottom imprint and plate no. 75 block of six, very lightly tropicalized original gum, bright color, some minor perf separations

FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE PHILIPPINES 1899 50-CENT UNWATERMARKED ISSUE.

The only larger multiples we record are a top plate block of ten and a bottom plate block of eight (Image)

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$ 30,000.00

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

3070

PHILIPPINES, 1899, 2c Rose Carmine, Ty. IV, Double Ovpt., One Albino (214d var). Clear second albino impression 4mm above printed "Philippines", back of stamp shows that it was impressed just as strongly but without ink, original gum, lightly hinged, Fine, a most unusual variety, with 1986 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

3071

PHILIPPINES, 1901, 8c Violet Brown (222). Top imprint and plate no. 930 block of six, stamps Mint N.H., small h.r. in top of selvage reinforcing couple minor perf separations, nice margins and centering, Very Fine, a fresh plate block, ex Todd (Image)

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$ 1,000.00

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

3072

PHILIPPINES, 1901, $1.00 Black, Ty. II (223A). Block of four, lightly hinged, bright shade and crisp impression, light diagonal gum bend

FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE $1.00 TYPE II 1901 PHILIPPINES OVERPRINT ISSUE.

A Power Search review of $1.00 Ty. II multiples found only this block of four and a block of six (ex Todd and Whitpain) (Image)

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$ 8,750.00

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

3073

PHILIPPINES, 1901, $5.00 Dark Green (225). With plate no. 85 selvage at top, rich color, well-proportioned margins, tiny thin spot in watermark, Very Fine appearance, apart from the plate number strip offered in lot 3074 and two plate number strips offered in our 2009 Whitpain sale, this is the only plate number stamp located with Power Search (Image)

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$ 650.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

3074

PHILIPPINES, 1901, $5.00 Dark Green (225). Bottom imprint and plate no. 85 strip of three, side stamps lightly hinged, center stamp disturbed original gum and h.r., fresh color, h.r. reinforcing perf separations in selvage, center stamp thin spot

FINE-VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF THREE OF THE PHILIPPINES 1901 $5.00 MARSHALL.

The 1901 $5.00 dollar Philippines issue is not known to exist as a full plate block -- none was offered in Todd (where a strip of three was the largest multiple), Wampler or Whitpain (Image)

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$ 10,000.00

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3075

PHILIPPINES, 1901, $5.00 Dark Green (225). Block of four with horizontal guide line, original gum, h.r. at top and slivers at sides, deep rich color and proof-like impression, choice centering

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINES $5.00 1901 ISSUE.

Ex Todd. Only 782 were issued and no plate blocks are known. (Image)

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$ 3,250.00

SOLD for $2,000.00
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3076

PHILIPPINES, 1903, $1.00 Black (237). Bottom imprint and plate no. 1629 block of six, unused (no gum), some perf separations incl. rejoined between pos. 1 and 2, Fine appearing and affordable plate block, Scott Retail for original-gum plate block is $8,500.00 (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

3077

PHILIPPINES, 1903, $1.00 Black (237). Tied by "Manila P.I. Aug. 30, 5 2PM" duplex datestamp on cover to Boston, magenta "Registered Manila P.I. Aug. 30, 1905" datestamp, New York and Boston registered backstamps, couple tiny toned specks on perfs, central file fold, Very Fine, a scarce on-cover use of the 1903 $1.00 Issue (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction