Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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United States Stamps and Possessions continued...

1917-22 Issues (Scott 481-573)

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Lot Description

310

2c Carmine, Ty. V, Imperforate (533). Mint N.H. pair, brilliant color, large margins, Extremely Fine, with 2012 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 400.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

311

2c Carmine, Ty. V, Imperforate (533). Mint N.H. right plate no. 11260 block of six, large even margins other sides, two slight wrinkles in selvage, one extending into gum, still Very Fine (Image)

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$ 1,800.00

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

312

2c Carmine, Ty. VII, Imperforate (534B). Bottom plate no. 12288 single, unused (no gum), large margins other sides, diagonal crease, otherwise Very Fine, Scott Retail as original gum (Image)

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$ 1,750.00

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

313

3c Deep Violet (537a). Rich color, neat Salem Ohio oval handstamp and additional cork cancel, light horizontal crease, Very Fine appearance, scarce shade, our census of used 537a, available at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/537a/537a.pdf , records a total of 20 used singles and two used blocks of four, most of which have precancels, with 2012 P.S.A.G. certificate (Image)

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$ 1,750.00

CLOSED
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314

1c Green, Rotary Perf 11 x 10 (538). Wallace Cleland's outstanding rotary coil waste study consisting of 60 plate blocks in varying sizes plus 12 star blocks without plate nos., mix of Mint N.H. and hinged, study shows examples from all three of the Durland listed marginal marking arrangements, incl. plate no. plus "S30", plate no. alone and plate no. plus star, most of the listed plate nos. for the first arrangement included with notes indicating number of reported examples (some one or two reported), three of the second arrangement incl. two with imperf top margins (one a beautifully centered Mint N.H. block of eight), approximately half of the third arrangement plate nos. included, range of centering with some quite nice, Fine-Very Fine, Scott Retail more than $8,000.00

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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

315

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. II, Rotary Perf 11 x 10 (539). Mint N.H. with top plate no. "S 20" selvage, average centering for this difficult issue, natural inclusion in hair, Very Good, only a few examples of this rarity are known with the "S 20" plate number selvage (Image)

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$ 4,000.00

SOLD for $1,100.00
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316

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. II, Rotary Perf 11 x 10 (539). Top plate no. 7462 and "S 20" block of four, unused (no gum), typical centering for this issue, natural inclusion top left stamp

A RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1919 2-CENT TYPE II ROTARY PRESS WASTE ISSUE.

At the beginning or end of a coil-stamp print run from the 170-subject rotary plates, some leading or trailing paper was left over that was too short for rolling into 500-stamp rolls. In 1919 the Bureau devised an economical plan to salvage this waste by converting the leftovers from coil stamps into sheet stamps. This was accomplished by cutting the sheets into panes and running them through the flat-plate perforator for the horizontal perforations, giving the stamps perforations on all sides. The Type III design was far more plentiful (producing Scott 540) but a small number of Type II (Scott 539) was also produced.

Since Scott 539 was put through two different perforating machines (perforated 10 vertically on the rotary perforator during the coil part of production and then perforated 11 on the flat plate perforator), most of the stamps are off-center. The rotary press sheets also had a natural tendency to curl, making perforating on the flat plate perforator especially difficult.

Small backstamp. Scott Retail as original gum (Image)

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$ 17,500.00

SOLD for $3,250.00
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317

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Rotary Perf 11 x 10 (540). Wallace Cleland's extensive rotary coil waste study consisting of more than 180 plate blocks in varying sizes, mix of Mint N.H. and hinged, study shows examples from all three of the Durland listed marginal marking arrangements, incl. plate no. plus "S 30", plate no. alone and plate no. plus star, large range of the listed plate nos. without duplication, notes indicating number of reported examples (some two or three reported), also a few No. 540a, range of centering with some choice examples, largely Fine, some Very Fine, an outstanding and valuable collection which would be exceedingly difficult to duplicate, Scott Retail more than $25,000.00

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E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

318

$2.00 Carmine & Black (547). Top plate nos. 8179/8177 and arrow block of eight, h.r. in the selvage, rich colors, well-centered, few perf separations sensibly reinforced, small thin spot in selvage at right, still Very Fine (Image)

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$ 4,000.00

SOLD for $1,900.00
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319

2c Carmine (554). Mint N.H. top plate no. 17148 and large 5-point star block of eight, vivid color, choice centering throughout, Extremely Fine, a premium quality Mint N.H. 5-point star plate block, scarce in this condition (Image)

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$ 1,200.00

SOLD for $3,250.00
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320

2c Carmine (554). Top plate no. 17190 and large 5-point star block of six, light hinged, outstanding centering, Extremely Fine Gem (Image)

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$ 600.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction