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**1870-1871 NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
321	O	141	#141, 15c Orange with grill, premium used example of this scarce stamp, exceptionally well centered within uncommonly large margins, gorgeous intense color and impression, many easily identifiable grill points, neat small grid cancel, extremely fine; a beautiful Fifteen Cent Grilled Bank Note; 1988 PF certificate. (Image)	$1,500.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Will close during Public Auction
322	O	141	#141, 15c Orange with grill, well centered, strong color, light cork cancel, several identifiable grill points, very fine; 1985 and 1999 PF certificates. (Image)	$1,500.00 SOLD for $1,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
323	O	142	#142, 24c Purple with grill, an attractive used example of this Bank Note rarity, far better centering and stronger color than usually found, lovely bright red cancel, prominent well defined grill, top right corner perf. reattached, otherwise very fine; clear 1963 PF certificate. (Image)	$8,250.00 SOLD for $2,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
324	O	142	#142, 24c Purple with grill, an attractive used example of this rare Bank Note grill, with better centering and larger margins than the majority of existing examples, cancelled by a red cork pmk., tiny corner creases, otherwise very fine; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)	$8,250.00 SOLD for $2,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
325	O	143	#143, 30c Black with grill, a lovely used example of this truly rare and difficult stamp to find in such premium quality, first being completely free of any flaws which typically plague most existing copies, and with easily identifiable grill points (rather than the faint nebulous grill points sometimes found), incredibly fresh, with far more intense and luxuriant color than any other we have seen, bright white paper, well centered, neat complementary strike of a fancy New York Foreign Mail pmk., very fine and quite choice; 1999 PF certificate. (Image)	$4,000.00 SOLD for $4,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
326	O	143	#143, 30c Black with grill, used, fresh color and a crisp impression, fairly well centered, blue cancel, very fine for this scarce stamp; 1981 and 2001 PF certificates. (Image)	$4,075.00 SOLD for $1,800.00 Will close during Public Auction
327	O	144	#144, 90c Carmine with grill, uncommonly well centered within particularly wide margins, strong color and impression, black cork cancel and a red transit pmk., small crease at top right, extremely fine appearance; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)	$2,750.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
328	O	144	#144, 90c Carmine with grill, used, strong color, neat grid cancel, handstamp on reverse just barely shows through at bottom left, nearly very fine; 2001 PSE certificate. (Image)	$2,750.00 SOLD for $525.00 Will close during Public Auction
329	O	144	#144, 90c Carmine with grill, used, bright color, lightly cancelled, nearly very fine; 1997 PF certificate. (Image)	$2,750.00 SOLD for $625.00 Will close during Public Auction
330		145	#145, 1c Ultramarine, well centered and margined, rich fresh color, o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
331		145, 147, 148	#145, 147, 148, 1c Ultramarine, 3c Green and 6c Carmine, all used on a very rare cover (1872) from Panama to Oakland, Cal., stamps applied at origin and cancelled by waffle grid postmarks, near perfect strike of fancy oval "STEAM,/PANAMA." alongside of stamps, "San Francisco, Cal./Apr 28" c.d.s. at top left corner, some minor soiling and a few small edge tears, still a very fine and eye appealing usage; the only reported Steam Panama cover with 1870 Issue adhesives. (Image)	Est. $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,450.00 Will close during Public Auction
332	u	146	#146, 2c Red brown, excellent centering within large margins, wonderfully fresh color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; 2006 PSE certificate (VF-XF 85 OGph; SMQ $575.00). (Image)	$350.00 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
333		147	#147, 3c Green, highly select mint single, marvelously well centered amid especially large margins, bright fresh color, o.g., faintly hinged, extremely fine; 2009 PF certificate. (Image)	$275.00 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
334		148	#148, 6c Carmine, a marvelously fresh mint example, beautiful rich color and an excellent clarity of impression on crisp white paper, exceptionally well centered and margined, full o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; actually a very elusive stamp to find in this premium original gum condition; 2001 PSE and 2002 PF certificates; ex-Mann. (Image)	$1,100.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
335		148	#148, 6c Carmine, unused, exceptionally well centered, lovely rich color and a crisp impression, traces of o.g., extremely fine; 1992 PF certificate. (Image)	$350.00 SOLD for $190.00 Will close during Public Auction
336		148	#148, 6c Carmine, strong color, small corner crease, tied to canary colored cover from Rawdon, Canada to Boston, Mass. by Canadian concentric rings cancellation, matching "Rawdon/Oc 12 71/Que" c.d.s. at bottom left, Montreal transit c.d.s. on reverse, the use of the 6c U.S. stamp was illegal from Canada (despite having been cancelled by the Canadian postal authorities), so cover was marked "Due 10c" in pencil, some wrinkling to cover at top left, fine; one of only three reported examples of an attempted usage from Canada. (Image)	Est. $500-750 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
337		148, 150	#148, 150 6c Carmine, 10c Brown, a vertical pair of the former and a single of the latter, paying the correct 22c rate, tied to neat 1870 cover to Lima, Peru by small circle of "V's" NYFM cancels, "New York/21 Jul" c.d.s. as well as red New York exchange c.d.s., Lima bkst., one 6c stamp with pulled perf., a very fine example of this scarce destination. (Image)	Est. $300-400 SOLD for $260.00 Will close during Public Auction
338	E	149-E7	#149-E7, 7c Brown die essay with dots added on forehead, on India, die sunk on full size 141x202mm card, trivial corner mounting wear at bottom left and a faint stain at right, otherwise fresh and very fine; a very rare essay, especially desirable in full size. (Image)	$1,250.00 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
339		149	#149, 7c Vermilion, exceptionally well centered, strong rich color, slightly disturbed o.g. and a few faintly gum soaked perfs. at top, extremely fine appearance; 2006 PF certificate. (Image)	$1,100.00 SOLD for $180.00 Will close during Public Auction
340	O	149	#149, 7c Vermilion, lovely used example that is exceptionally well centered within uncommonly large margins, strong color, neat circle of wedges cancel, extremely fine; 2009 PF certificate. (Image)	$100.00 SOLD for $260.00 Will close during Public Auction