2006 Rarities of the World continued...

EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE CONTINENTAL 1875 5-CENT TAYLOR. AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT STAMP TO FIND IN SUCH EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION.

With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 6-CENT 1879 AMERICAN BANK NOTE ISSUE.

This is a difficult stamp to find in such choice condition.

With 1979 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1879 10-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE PRINTING WITHOUT SECRET MARK.

Scott 187 without secret mark is significantly more difficult than Scott 188 to find in such superb condition and with such wide margins. We do not recall seeing its equal in Mint N.H. condition.

With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1879 10-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE ISSUE WITH SECRET MARK.

With 1989 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1879 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE.

With 1996 P.F. certificate. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE THE 30-CENT 1879 AMERICAN BANK NOTE ISSUE.

With 1979 and 1988 P.F. certificates (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF SCOTT 191 IN THE ROSE SUB-SHADE.

With 1980, 1990 and 2006 P.F. certificates. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. THIS MAGNIFICENT BLOCK OF TEN OF THE 90-CENT 1879 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE, WITH ITS SIX MINT NEVER-HINGED STAMPS, IS A GREAT RARITY. UNLESS RESCUED BY A LOVING COLLECTOR, IT IS LIKELY TO BE BROKEN FOR ITS GEM MINT NEVER-HINGED SINGLES.

Most blocks of 19th Century stamps containing superb stamps, especially in Mint N.H. condition, have been broken to feed collector demand for singles. When this block last appeared at auction, in our 1995 Rarities sale, "J & J" saved the block from being broken, paying $27,000 hammer against its $14,300 catalogue value. It remains to be seen how much longer this block will remain intact.

With 1995 P.F. certificate (Image)