The David Wingate Collection of United States Stamps continued...

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTREMELY RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1861 FIRST DESIGN. ONLY 22 UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, AND ONLY SIX ARE CONFIRMED AS SOUND.

Our census of Scott 55, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/55 , contains a total of 26 examples. Three have target cancels and one is in The New York Public Library's collection. Of the remaining 22 copies, fourteen have faults ranging from serious defects to pulled perfs. Two need to be confirmed, as they have not been seen for a long time. This leaves only six confirmed sound copies, of which five have gum.

Census No. 55-UNC-10. Ex Meilstrup. With 1979 P.F. certificate (Image)

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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 5-CENT FIRST DESIGN. ONLY 36 EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN.

Our census of Scott 57, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/57 , contains a total of 36 copies of this rarity. Of these, one is in The New York Public Library collection. Of the 35 thought to be available to collectors, two are cancelled, 18 have no gum, five have part original gum and ten have full (or nearly full) original gum. Approximately half the full or part original gum stamps in private hands have faults.

Census No. 57-UNC-22. With 1958 and 1997 P.F. certificates. (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE AND CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1861 ISSUE FIRST DESIGN.

The 10c 1861 "First Design" (or Type I from Plate 4) is extremely difficult to find in well-centered, sound, original-gum condition. This is partly due to the narrow spacing on Plate 4, which was used for the earliest printing.

With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

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FRESH AND VERY FINE. ONLY SIXTEEN EXAMPLES OF THE 12-CENT 1861 FIRST DESIGN ARE RECORDED, AND THIS IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE SOUND COPIES IN EXISTENCE. A PHENOMENAL RARITY.

Our census of Scott 59, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/59 , contains a total of 16 examples. One is in the Miller Collection at The New York Public Library and is unavailable to collectors. Of the fifteen copies available to collectors, ten have faults, leaving only five sound copies, one of which has slightly nibbed perfs at bottom not mentioned on accompanying certificates. Four of the five have original gum.

Census No. 59-UNC-06. Ex "Bayou". With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

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VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE SOUND AND CENTERED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1861 FIRST COLOR.

Our census of Scott 61, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/61 , contains a total of 33 examples, including one in the Miller collection at The New York Public Library. Virtually all are centered to one side, and many are centered to two sides. A characteristic common to most examples of the 30c 1861 First Color is creasing, which in some cases is very severe and in others barely visible. This fresh example lacks the typical creasing. Only six stamps with original gum are free of faults, although a few have a nibbed perf or two. The example offered here, free from faults and with better centering than most, is highly desirable.

Census No. 61-UNC-22. Ex Hewitt, Stollnitz and Lyons. With 2018 P.F. certificate (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. THE SECOND RAREST STAMP OF THE 1861 FIRST DESIGNS AND COLORS. ONLY EIGHT EXAMPLES OF THE 90-CENT FIRST DESIGN WITH ORIGINAL GUM ARE RECORDED. A BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE CLASSIC STAMP.

Our census of Scott 62, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/62 , contains 22 examples, including one copy in the New York Public Library collection and another copy certified as a privately-perforated No. 62a, which comes from a set in the Col. Green sale that was signed by John Luff (we believe this stamp to be genuine). Another has been certified as genuine with a trial cancel. Excluding the NYPL copy and the ex-Green stamp just noted, only eight examples of the 90c First Design are available with original gum. Of these eight, only three are sound. The example offered here, with a tiny thin spot, has one of the least noticeable faults of the remaining five original-gum stamps.

Census No. 62-OG-03. Ex "Bayou". With 1955 and 2001 P.F. certificates, the former not mentioning the tiny thin spot. (Image)

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