The Golden Oak Collection of Superb United States continued...

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 30-CENT ISSUE, WHICH IS SURELY ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES EXTANT.

Ex Dr. Morris. With 1992 P.F. and 1995 P.S.E. certificates (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 90-CENT IN THE PALE BLUE SUB-SHADE. A SURPRISINGLY DIFFICULT SHADE TO OBTAIN IN BETTER CONDITION.

A review using Power Search found that we have only offered six unused and used examples of this shade since keeping computerized records. A review of the Philatelic Foundation's online records found a slightly greater supply, but most tend to be either defective or poorly centered.

With 1983 and 1998 P.F. certificates (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 90-CENT IN THE DESIRABLE DARK BLUE SUB-SHADE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 95 JUMBO BY P.S.E..

The Dark Blue shade of the 90c is the only shade which trends towards the deeper end of the color spectrum, while the other shades--Blue, Dull Blue and Pale Blue--all trend towards the brighter end of the spectrum. In our opinion this is the most difficult shade to obtain in such choice condition. We have offered only eight unused and used examples since the mid-1990's, and most of those were faulty. The Philatelic Foundation has certified less than a dozen unused or used in the past decade, and most have either heavy cancels or flaws. The example offered here, with unusually choice centering, rich color, and in sound condition, is possibly the finest used copy in existence.

With 2002 P.F. and 2007 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo; SMQ $6,500.00 as 95, unpriced as 98). This is the highest grade awarded and the only example to achieve it. As an indication of what this may catalogue as 98, the normal shade catalogues $14,000.00 in that grade and $4,000.00 as a 95, so if applying the same multiplier this should catalogue $22,750.00 as a 98. (Image)

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FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT SCARLET CANCELLED BY THE NEW YORK CITY OVAL DUPLEX CANCELLATION. ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF THIS ISSUE WERE ACTUALLY SENT THROUGH THE MAILS.

As documented by Jerome S. Wagshal in a series of Chronicle articles (Nos. 56, 60, 61 and 62), Carl F. Rothfuchs, a Washington D.C. stamp dealer, obtained a supply of the 3c Scarlet in 1893 -- probably from the Post Office Department in exchange for his assistance with the Columbian Exposition -- and sold them with pen marks and original gum. A small number were also used by J. W. Scott, who posted letters with some of his supply to validate his claim that these stamps were legitimate postage. Today, there are perhaps five copies cancelled in this manner. We offered one in 2001 (Twigg-Smith collection), and another in our recent sale of the Wagshal collection.

Ex Natalee Grace. With 1994 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as with the more common penstrokes cancel (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 3-CENT SCARLET TRIAL PRINTING.

As documented by Jerome S. Wagshal in a series of Chronicle articles (Nos. 56, 60, 61 and 62), Carl F. Rothfuchs, a Washington D.C. stamp dealer, obtained a supply of the 3c Scarlet in 1893 -- probably from the Post Office Department in exchange for his assistance with the Columbian Exposition -- and sold them with pen marks and original gum. This example is particularly well-centered. Many have faults or perfs in on one or more sides.

With 1975 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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