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Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
1201	O	RO38b	#RO38b, Boutell & Maynard, 1c Black, silk paper, attractive single, unusually well centered and fresh, entirely sound, very fine. (Image)	140.00 SOLD for $190.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1202	O	RO43a	#RO43a, Brown & Durling, 1c Black, a gorgeous and incomparable example of this rare stamp, of the handful of known copies nearly all have faults and most are poorly centered, by contrast this stamp is completely sound and perfectly centered within large even margins, the Morton Dean Joyce collection and other major collections of Match and Medicine stamps had no copies that came close to the phenomenal condition that this stamp possesses, extremely fine gem; among the finest, if not the finest known example of this terribly elusive stamp. (Image)	1,400.00 SOLD for $2,400.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1203	O	RO51a	#RO51a, Byam, Carlton & Co., two heads to left, 1c Black on buff wrapper, a fresh example of this very fragile paper wrapper, lacking the flaws usually associated with it, full margins and attractive, extremely fine. (Image)	175.00 SOLD for $400.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1204	O	RO57c	#RO57c, Cannon Match Co., 1c Green, pink paper, exceptionally well centered and scarce block of four, small back flaws including a thin in one stamp, extremely fine appearance and a particularly desirable stamp to collect in a block of four with its diamond format. (Image)	160.00+ SOLD for $120.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1205	O	#RO60a	#RO60a, Chicago Match Co., 1c Black, well centered single, small corner perf. added at bottom left, otherwise very fine. (Image)	275.00 SOLD for $220.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1206	O	RO63d	#RO63d, Clark, James L., 1c Green, watermarked, rouletted, well centered single within large balanced margins, strong intense color, light thin spot, otherwise very fine. (Image)	325.00 SOLD for $230.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1207	O	RO71a	#RO71a, Doolittle, W.E., 1c Blue, unusually well centered and fresh, bright blue color, faintest tiny thin is the only thing keeping this from being completely sound, otherwise choice very fine. (Image)	250.00 SOLD for $325.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1208	O	#RO79d	#RO79d, Eichele & Co., 1c blue, watermarked, rouletted, perfectly centered example, attractive fresh color, small faint crease at top, otherwise extremely fine. (Image)	225.00 SOLD for $270.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1209	O	RO86c	#RO86c, Gardner, Beer & Co., 1c Black, pink paper, exceptionally well centered, dark rose color, faintest hint of a thin speck, otherwise choice very fine. (Image)	175.00 SOLD for $250.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1210		RO90a	#RO90a, Gates, Wm.,6c Black, well centered mint example possessing nearly full o.g., h.r., illustrations of multiples show that these margins are full with all of the margins apportioned to a stamp in the layout of the plate, sound and extremely fine. (Image)	for used 150.00 SOLD for $280.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1211	O	RO94c	#RO94c, William Gates' Sons, 3c Black, pink paper, magnificently centered stamp, paper is a dark pink color, completely sound, extremely fine. (Image)	135.00 SOLD for $130.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1212	O	RO101e	#RO101e, Greenleaf & Co., 3c Carmine, experimental silk paper, an incredibly well centered example of this rare stamp, at the time of the Joyce sale this variety was unlisted, that example and this one, which is better centered, are the only examples we find recorded, insignificant thin spot, otherwise extremely fine. (Image)	800.00 SOLD for $1,200.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1213	O	RO102b	#RO102b, Greenleaf & Co., 5c Orange, silk paper, one of the best centered examples of a stamp that only a dozen or so copies are known, and virtually all of these have faults, large margins, thin spots and two small edge tears, extremely fine appearance for this rare stamp. (Image)	1,400.00 SOLD for $750.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1214	O	RO106c	#RO106c, Charles S. Hale, 1c Green, pink paper, very attractive and well centered example, fresh with full even perforations, faintest hint of a horizontal crease, otherwise choice very fine and scarce. (Image)	175.00 SOLD for $240.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1215	O	RO113b	#RO113b, Hunt, L.G., 1c Black, silk paper, well centered example with printed deep red cancel, a scarce stamp most of which have faults, small tear at bottom and other minor flaws, very fine appearance. (Image)	700.00+ SOLD for $375.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1216	O	RO113e	#RO113e, Hunt, L.G., 1c Black, experimental silk paper, very fresh and attractive on bright white paper, completely sound, choice very fine. (Image)	175.00 SOLD for $280.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1217	O	RO115u	#RO115u, Ives Matches, 1c Ultramarine, an exceptionally choice example of this distinctive ultramarine shade, neat ms. cancel which is a portion of "P.T. I(ves)" and date (probably the left half of a pair; a similar pair was offered in Joyce showing an illegal use paying tax on a check), lovely centering and sound, choice very fine. (Image)	225.00 SOLD for $280.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1218	O	RO117d	#RO117d, Ives, P.T., 1c Blue, rouletted, pretty bright color, well centered, central thin spot as often found, as the vast majority of these have with faults, very fine appearance. (Image)	300.00 SOLD for $290.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1219	O	RO118a	#RO118a, Ives, P.T., 8c Blue, seldom seen sound example of a stamp of this size, deep strong color, well centered, very fine. (Image)	190.00 SOLD for $425.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM
1220	O	RO118e	#RO118e, Ives, P.T., 8c Blue, experimental silk paper, a lovely stamp with bright blue color, very well centered, several typical fibers show on this large size stamp establishing it as the experimental paper variety, we suspect that this is a good deal rarer than its modest catalog would imply, as this is the stamp offered in the Joyce sale when Scott did not list it on this paper, and we can find no record of another, couple faint thin spots, otherwise choice very fine; ex-Joyce. (Image)	700.00 SOLD for $2,300.00 Closing..Mar-08, 09:00 AM