United States Stamps continued...

**1869 Pictorials continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
201	O	116	#116, 10c Yellow, an impressive used single that is exceptionally well centered within lavishly large margins, gorgeous vibrant color in a deep shade, broken cross cancel, extremely fine gem; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)	140.00 SOLD for $475.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
202	O	116	#116, 10c Yellow, used, very well centered within extravagantly large margins, bright color on fresh paper, circle of wedges cancel and a small part of a red transit postmark at bottom right, extremely fine; an especially large-margined example; 1994 PSE certificate. (Image)	140.00 SOLD for $180.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
203	O	116	#116, 10c Yellow, attractive used example, exceptionally well centered within lavishly large margins, brilliant color and a crisp impression on clean white paper, fancy cork cancel, extremely fine. (Image)	140.00 SOLD for $80.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
204	O	116	#116, 10c Yellow, used, exceptionally well centered within huge margins, cancelled by a bold strike of a star postmark, extremely fine; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	140.00 SOLD for $90.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
205		117	#117, 12c Green, a magnificent mint example, possessing outstanding centering within exceptionally large margins for this value, wonderfully bright and fresh overall, with unusually deep color in a "sage" green shade, prooflike impression, full o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; an impressive quality original gum Twelve Cent 1869 Pictorial; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)	2,500.00 SOLD for $4,000.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
206		117	#117, 12c Green, a marvelous mint example, possessing perfect centering within incredibly large margins, strong rich color and a crisp impression, full o.g., an extremely fine gem for the finest collection; one of the finest #117's we have ever offered; 1980 and 1997 PF certificates. (Image)	2,500.00 SOLD for $2,200.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
207	O	117	#117, 12c Green, an eye-arresting jumbo-margined used example, possessing margins of extraordinary size and being absolutely perfectly centered amid them, gorgeous prooflike color and impression, neat crisp strike of a cut cork cancel confined to the bottom left, an extremely fine gem for the most fastidious collector; 1993 PF certificate. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $500.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
208	O	117	#117, 12c Green, remarkably well centered single with jumbo margins at top and bottom, black cork cancel, extremely fine; 1990 PF certificate. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $150.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
209		118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, a very scarce unused example, well centered although reperforated at right, strong rich color and a clean impression, red handstamps on back just show through to front, very fine appearance; #118 is the most difficult of all the 1869 Pictorials to find in unused condition. (Image)	3,750.00 SOLD for $800.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
210	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, used, extraordinarily well centered within extravagantly large margins, strong colors and impressions, cork and small bit of red transit cancels, extremely fine; a highly select used example. (Image)	650.00 SOLD for $600.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
211	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, used, extravagantly large and perfectly balanced margins all around, deep rich colors and impressions, neat clear strike of a circular quartered cork postmark, extremely fine and handsome; 1990 PF certificate. (Image)	650.00 SOLD for $500.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
212		119	#119, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. II, uncharacteristically well centered, warm rich colors, certificate states "slightly disturbed o.g." although it has full o.g. with just a removed hinge, very fine; #119's are seldom found this well centered and still retaining their original gum; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	3,500.00 SOLD for $1,900.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
213	O	119	#119, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. II, unusually well centered single, with scarce brown cancel, colors are fresh and deep, and perforations are full and even, choice very fine. (Image)	400.00 SOLD for $190.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
214	O	119b	#119b, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. II, Center Inverted, an attractive appearing used example of this rare and popular invert, with colors that are a good deal stronger than what is most often encountered, plus its impressions are detailed on bright paper, while centered just slightly to the bottom right its is sufficiently well centered to clear its perforations all around, light circle of "V's" cancel which does not obscure the inverted central vignette, minute perforation tip crease and a tiny tear, neither of which affect the stamp's very fine appearance; 1983 PF certificate (mentioning only "a tiny perforation crease") and a 2002 PF certificate. (Image)	17,000.00 SOLD for $5,000.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
215		120	#120, 24c Green and violet, an attractive and very rare mint example, possessing far better centering than the few other original gum examples we have encountered, pretty colors and a clean impression, full original gum that has been lightly hinged only once, very fine; mint examples in this superior quality are few and far between; 2002 PF certificate. (Image)	7,500.00 SOLD for $3,500.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
216		120	#120, 24c Green and violet, nicely centered within large margins, strong colors and impression, full o.g., lightly hinged, a very fine example of this very rare mint classic; 1987 PF certificate. (Image)	7,500.00 SOLD for $4,500.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
217	O	120	#120, 24c Green and violet, a striking used example that boasts outstanding centering within extravagantly large and well balanced margins, plus its colors are especially rich and its impressions unusually clean on fresh white paper, light centrally struck rosette cancel, an extremely fine used gem; a highly desirable and elusive stamp in such extraordinary quality; 2002 PF certificate. (Image)	750.00 SOLD for $1,500.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
218	O	120	#120, 24c Green and violet, used, well centered within large margins, strong rich colors and a crisp impression on fresh paper, light strike of a red leaf cancel, choice very fine; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	950.00 SOLD for $525.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
219	O	120	#120, 24c Green and violet, used, strikingly deep rich colors and razor-sharp impressions on brilliantly white paper, well centered within uncommonly large margins, light circle of "V's" cancel, choice very fine; 1991 PF certificate. (Image)	750.00 SOLD for $375.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM
220	O	120	#120, 24c Green and violet, a highly select used horizontal pair, each stamp being unusually well centered, particularly the left stamp, fresh strong colors, extremely fine and uncommon in pairs. (Image)	1,600.00 SOLD for $800.00 Closing..Mar-07, 12:30 PM