The George A. Schwenk Collection of Newspapers and Periodicals continued...

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1894 24-CENT UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPER ISSUE.

As this marvelous position multiple shows, the 1894 Bureau printing was made from the old plates of the American and Continental Bank Note Companies. The plates were re-entered, and there are also other differences in the printings, including the paper and gum. This issue was not in service for very long before the new plates were ready for the Bureau-produced issue of 1895.

Ex Whitpain. (Image)

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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF THE 36-CENT 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPER ISSUE WE HAVE OFFERED SINCE KEEPING COMPUTERIZED RECORDS. ONLY NINE ARE CONTAINED IN OUR RECORDS, AND NONE ARE SOUND.

Our recently updated census of PR97 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR98/PR97.pdf ) contains nine unused examples, all with original gum. None are sound -- most have thin spots or creases.

Census No. PR97-OG-09. With 1980 P.F. and 2007 P.S.E. certificates. (Image)

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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 60-CENT 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPER ISSUE -- ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL NEWSPAPER STAMPS. ONLY SEVENTEEN UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

Our recently updated census of PR98 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR98/PR98.pdf ) contains seventeen unused and three used copies. Of these, only two of the original-gum copies are confirmed as sound (one has a s.e. and the other has perfs touching at left). Three others are possibly sound: one has selvage adhering to back, another has not been seen since 1960, and a third from 1980 may not have gum. The example offered here, with superior centering and a small fault, should be considered highly desirable.

Census No. PR98-OG-02. With 1991 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1894 96-CENT UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPER ISSUE. ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL NEWSPAPER ISSUE RARITIES -- ONLY NINE ARE CONTAINED IN OUR CENSUS.

Our recently updated census of PR99 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR99/PR99.pdf ) contains nine unused copies. Of these only four are confirmed as having gum. This is only the second we have offered since our 1993 Rarities sale. None was offered in the Floyd, Lessin or Lyons sales.

Census No. PR99-OG-07. Ex Whitpain. Signed in pencil "Bureau J.M. Bartels". With 1979 and 2010 P.F. certificates. (Image)

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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1894 $3.00 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS ISSUE. OUR RECENTLY COMPLETED CENSUS CONTAINS ONLY ELEVEN EXAMPLES.

Our recently updated census of PR100 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR100/PR100.pdf ) contains only eleven copies. Of these, only four are potentially sound, and only nine are confirmed as having gum. As another indication of rarity, we have offered only one other since 1994. None was offered in Lyons, Floyd or Lessin, all of whom had copies of the $6.00, PR101.

Census No. PR100-OG-09. With 1976 P.F. and 2007 P.S.E. certificates. (Image)

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ESSENTIALLY VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE $6.00 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE REGULARLY-ISSUED NEWSPAPER STAMPS. ONLY FIFTEEN UNUSED EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION, MOST OF WHICH HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF FAULTS.

Our recently updated census of PR101 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR101/PR101.pdf ) contains fifteen unused and one used copy of this rarity. Only five are potentially sound.

Census No. PR101-OG-01. From the Weill sale and ex Vineyard. With 1960 and 1999 P.F. certificates. (Image)

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