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The Robert R. Hall Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps continued...

1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue (Scott 285-293)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
499 P Image1c-$2.00 Trans-Mississippi, Small Die Proofs on Wove (285P2-293P2). Complete set, removed from gray card backing, bright colors, a few minor thins from card removal, Very Fine appearance, only 85 Roosevelt presentation album sets were produced (Image)

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$ 5,200.00

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
500 nh Image1c-10c Trans-Mississippi (285-290). Mint N.H. except 8c lightly hinged, bright colors, attractive margins and centering, Fine-Very Fine short set, 5c with 1995 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 1,285.00

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
501 ogbl Image1c-10c Trans-Mississippi (285-290). Blocks of four, original gum, several h.r., few with faults incl. thin spots, overall Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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2,405.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
502 ogbl Image1c-4c Trans-Mississippi (285-287). Top imprint and plate no. blocks of four, original gum, bottom 2c h.r., 4c narrow selvage, Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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1,430.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
503 nhbl Image2c Trans-Mississippi (286). Mint N.H. top left corner selvage imprint and plate no. 701 block of ten, natural s.e. with part arrow at right, rich color, fresh and Very Fine, an attractive large multiple (Image)

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1,020.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
504 nhbl Image5c Trans-Mississippi (288). Mint N.H. top imprint and plate no. 602 block of four, rich color, fresh and Fine (Image)

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1,600.00

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
505 ogbl Image8c Trans-Mississippi (289). Bottom imprint and plate no. 643 block of four, original gum, few small h.r. where minor perf separations sensibly reinforced, deep rich color and detailed impression, Fine and attractive (Image)

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1,950.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
506 og Image8c Trans-Mississippi, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (289a). With right selvage, original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color, wide margins, few natural gum creases as almost always, pencil notation in selvage has been erased but leaves minor indentation

EXTREMELY FINE. A DESIRABLE PAIR OF THE 8-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY, WITH WIDE SHEET SELVAGE AT RIGHT, FROM THE McCOY STRIP.

According to the Neil-Rosenthal book (pp. 115-118), one pane of 50 was discovered by Robert Watts, a stamp clerk at one of the sales windows at the Philadelphia General Post Office, who found it between the wrapping paper of a bundle of stamps. He sold it for double face value ($8.00) to Herman Lewis, a locksmith in Philadelphia. Lewis soon sold it to William S. F. Pierce, who broke it into three pieces: a vertical strip of ten with sheet margin and full arrow at right, a vertical block of 20 containing both plate blocks, and a vertical block of 20 with natural straight edge at left.

The strip of ten was reportedly sold for $15.00 and was taken to Europe when the owner moved there. It returned to the U.S. in the 1930's, when it was broken. Ethel McCoy owned the vertical strip of four with arrow, and the pair offered here was part of that strip. The vertical block of 20 with straight edge at left was sold to Arthur E. Tuttle, a Philadelphia stamp dealer, who retailed them for $10.00 per pair. The block of 20 with both plate numbers was retained by Pierce, who later sold the top and bottom plate blocks to Albert Batchelder of the New England Stamp Co. for $175.00.

With 1992 P.F. certificate. Illustrated as part of the McCoy strip in the Brookman book on page 181. (Image)

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27,500.00

SOLD for $23,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
507 ogbl Image10c Trans-Mississippi (290). Bottom imprint and plate no. 620 block of four, original gum, lightly hinged, bright shade, fresh and Fine (Image)

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2,100.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
508 og Image50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Original gum, lightly hinged, wide margins and well-centered, rich color, Extremely Fine, with 1996 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 600.00

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
509 ogbl Image50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Block of four with bottom imprint selvage at right, three stamps Mint N.H., top left stamp lightly hinged, rich color and detailed impression, Fine, an attractive block of the 50c Trans-Mississippi Issue, Scott Retail as singles (Image)

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6,000.00

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

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