United States Revenue Stamps continued...

**1862-1871 First Issue continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
941	O	R33a	#R33a, 10c Certificate, imperforate, used, large to very large margins all around, strong fresh color and impression, light ms. cancel, extremely fine. (Image)	130.00 SOLD for $40.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
942	O	R36a	#R36a, 10c Inland Exchange, imperforate, highly select used example, featuring four exceptionally large and wonderfully symmetrical margins, sumptuously rich color and a well defined impression, displaying an interesting and easily discernible plate scratch at top left, very light and unobtrusive ms. cancel, extremely fine and choice. (Image)	175.00 SOLD for $325.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
943	O	R43a	#R43a, 25c Bond, imperforate, used, four generously large and well balanced margins, bright fresh color and paper, especially light ms. cancel, extremely fine. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
944	O	R51a	#R51a, 30c Foreign Exchange, imperforate, an impressive used single, featuring absolutely huge margins all around, much stronger color than usual, 1864 ms. cancel, extremely fine; seldom encountered this choice. (Image)	72.50 SOLD for $140.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
945	O	R63a	#R63a, 50c Surety Bond, imperforate, choice used single, four large and unusually well balanced margins, lovely rich color and a highly detailed impression on crisp paper, petite 1863 ms. cancel, extremely fine. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $80.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
946	O	R64a	#R64a, 60c Inland Exchange, imperforate, a visually stunning used example, possessing enormously large margins all around which are seldom encountered on this stamp, including showing a bit of the adjoining stamp at right, vivid eye-arresting color and a deeply etched impression contribute further to this stamp's overall appeal, neat 1864 ms. cancel, an extremely fine large-margined gem. (Image)	85.00 SOLD for $120.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
947	O	R65a	#R65a, 70c Foreign Exchange, imperforate, a lovely high quality used example of this scarce value, possessing numerous exceptional physical attributes that are not often seen, including four extravagantly large margins, beautifully rich color and a sharp detailed impression, very light and unobtrusive ms. cancel, extremely fine; an especially desirable stamp in this gem condition; 1996 PF certificate. (Image)	325.00 SOLD for $425.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
948	O	R68a	#R68a, $1.00 Foreign Exchange, imperforate, pretty used single with four large to very large margins, wonderfully bright fresh color, beautifully cancelled with a "socked-on-the-nose" 1863 black handstamp, extremely fine and desirable. (Image)	70.00 SOLD for $160.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
949	O	R71a	#R71a, $1.00 Life Insurance, imperforate, gem used example, with four lavishly large and particularly well balanced margins, much deeper color than usual, wonderfully cancelled with a light and unobtrusive strike of a red handstamp, extremely fine; quite exceptional. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $180.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
950	O	R71a	#R71a, $1.00 Life Insurance, imperforate, used, exceptionally bright and fresh, four uniformly large margins, very light ms. cancel, extremely fine and choice. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $160.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
951	O	R74a	#R74a, $1.00 Passage Ticket, imperforate, used, neat 1863 ms. cancel, large margins all around, bright fresh color, extremely fine; uncommonly choice for this scarce stamp. (Image)	250.00 SOLD for $300.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
952	O	R75a	#R75a, $1.00 Power of Attorney, imperforate, a most impressive top sheet-margin used example, featuring not only a sizable sheet margin, but the other margins are particularly lavish and balanced as well, wonderfully bright color and impression on fresh paper, neat ms. cancel, an extremely fine large-margined gem. (Image)	75.00 SOLD for $260.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
953	O	R79a	#R79a, $1.60 Foreign Exchange, imperforate, an eye-arresting used example of this rare stamp, being in a quality that is seldom encountered, possessing extraordinarily large and even margins all around, plus its color is in a particularly intense shade of yellow green, and its impression could not be more deeply etched on fresh crisp paper, lovely central strike of a highly desirable circular blue handstamp cancel dated 1866, extremely fine; a gem worthy of placement in the finest quality collection of first issue revenues; 1999 PF certificate. (Image)	900.00 SOLD for $1,200.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
954	O	R81a	#R81a, $2.00 Conveyance, imperforate, an exceedingly handsome used single, featuring large to enormous margins all around, including a sizable sheet margin at top, strikingly intense rich color and a deeply etched impression, neat ms. cancel, extremely fine and quite choice. (Image)	110.00 SOLD for $140.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
955	O	R82a	#R82a, $2.00 Mortgage, imperforate, outstanding quality used single, with four very large and unusually even margins, strong fresh color and impression on bright paper, neat 1863 ms. cancel, extremely fine. (Image)	100.00 SOLD for $120.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
956	O	R83a	#R83a, $2.00 Probate of Will, imperforate, an exciting used example of this difficult revenue rarity, being one of the few certified flawless examples in existence, as the majority of known copies are almost always found with some sort of fault, this example is not only sound but features large to very large margins, plus its color is intensely rich and its impression well incised, neat 1864 manuscript cancel, extremely fine; even the great revenue collections of Larry Lyons and Robert Zoellner offered in the last few years did not have a completely sound example of this stamp; 1997 PF certificate; ex-"Eastern" collection (Harmers 1979) where it was described as "a flawless copy of this rare stamp." (Image)	3,500.00 SOLD for $4,250.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
957	O	R84a	#R84a, $2.50 Inland Exchange, imperforate, an incredibly rare premium quality example of this challenging stamp, possessing outstanding physical characteristics, including four large to very large margins, its color is much stronger and richer than typically encountered, deeply etched impression as well on bright fresh paper, neat manuscript cancel, extremely fine; certified examples of the $2.50 Inland Exchange imperforates are rare, but ones in this choice condition are almost impossible to come by; 1998 PF certificate. (Image)	3,000.00 SOLD for $4,750.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
958	O	R85a	#R85a, $3.00 Charter Party, imperforate, gem used single, featuring four huge margins, plus its color could not be more intense in a deep sage green shade, prooflike impression on bright paper, light and unobtrusive ms. cancel, extremely fine and handsome. (Image)	110.00 SOLD for $160.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
959	O	R86a	#R86a, $3.00 Manifest, imperforate, a visually stunning bottom sheet-margin used example, featuring a sizable 8mm sheet margin, and the other three margins are huge and wonderfully well balanced, gorgeous intensely rich color and impression, light and unobtrusive ms. cancel, an extremely fine gem for the perfectionist. (Image)	110.00 SOLD for $160.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM
960	O	R88a var.	#R88a var., $5.00 Charter Party, imperforate, double frameline at right variety, a gorgeous used example of this scarce stamp, which also happens to be the distinctive double frameline variety, with clear and complete doubling of the frameline at right, four uniformly huge margins, strong fresh color, neat ms. cancel, an extremely fine gem; 1995 PSE certificate; ex-Joyce. (Image)	325.00 SOLD for $325.00 Closing..Dec-07, 05:00 PM