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**1869 Pictorials continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
241	O		#116, 10c Yellow, extraordinarily well centered within uncharacteristically wide margins, lovely vivid color, postmarked with clear and distinctive Nagasaki, Japan "X" cancel, extremely fine; a gem used stamp cancelled with a very scarce Japanese postmark; 1999 PF certificate. (Image)	265.00 SOLD for $700.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
242	O		#116, 10c Yellow, visually striking used example, possessing exceptionally large and wonderfully well balanced margins all around, gloriously rich color and impression, superbly postmarked with both a black fancy geometric rosette cancel and a large portion of a red boxed German transit handstamp, extremely fine; a colorful used gem; 1989 PF certificate; ex-Saadi. (Image)	180.00+ SOLD for $1,050.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
243	O		#116, 10c Yellow, incredibly fresh, featuring sumptuously rich and vibrant color, outstanding centering within very large margins, plus it is wonderfully cancelled with a fancy circle of wedges postmark, extremely fine gem; 1999 PF certificate. (Image)	140.00 SOLD for $190.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
244	O		#116, 10c Yellow, uniformly large and well balanced margins, radiant color in a deep shade, excellent strike of a quartered cork cancel, extremely fine; 1997 PF certificate. (Image)	140.00 SOLD for $130.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
245	O		#117, 12c Green, gorgeous used single, marvelously well centered within particularly large margins, prooflike color and impression wonderfully contrasted by a very scarce and striking deep red Baltimore foreign mail cancel, extremely fine; a most remarkable stamp that possesses outstanding eye appeal; 1987 PF certificate. (Image)	300.00+ SOLD for $1,000.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
246	O		#117, 12c Green, premium quality used example, featuring incredibly large and perfectly balanced margins all around, rich luxuriant color and a sharp impression on bright paper, wonderfully cancelled with a central strike of a fancy "snowflake" like cancel, an extremely fine large-margined gem; 1995 PF certificate. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $400.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
247	O		#117, 12c Green, beautifully centered within enormously large margins, sumptuously rich color and a deeply etched impression, light vignette-free cancel at bottom, extremely fine gem; among the best centered and margined used examples we have ever encountered of this value; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $300.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
248	O		#117, 12c Green, extraordinarily well centered within lavishly large margins, bright fresh color and a clean impression on immaculate paper, crisply struck circle of wedges cancel, extremely fine gem; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $150.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
249	O		#117, 12c Green, an eye-arresting used example, featuring exceptional centering within extravagantly large margins, strong color, spectacularly cancelled with a bold and vivid red cork postmark, extremely fine; a gorgeous stamp; 1988 PF certificate. (Image)	300.00 SOLD for $425.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
250	O		#117, 12c Green, perfectly centered within uncharacteristically large margins, prooflike color and impression on bright paper, light central strike of a circle of wedges cancel, extremely fine; 1995 PF certificate. (Image)	150.00 SOLD for $210.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
251	O		#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, a highly desirable used example, possessing margins of enormous size and being virtually perfectly centered within them, additionally this remarkable stamp features rich luxuriant colors and strong detailed impressions on bright paper, light cork postmark at top, extremely fine; an incredibly elusive stamp in this gem used condition; easily among the largest margined #118's we have ever offered; 1997 PF certificate. (Image)	650.00 SOLD for $1,300.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
252	O		#119, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. II, wonderfully bright and fresh, gorgeous rich colors and prooflike impressions on immaculate paper, exceptionally well centered within large margins, light and neat large grid cancel, extremely fine; 1995 PF certificate. (Image)	250.00 SOLD for $350.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
253	O		#120, 24c Green and violet, a gem used example which possesses margins of exceptional size and being incredibly well centered within them, rich luxuriant colors and strong impressions, unusually even and intact perforations all around, light strike of large grid cancel, extremely fine; a terribly elusive stamp to find this choice and so well margined; 1994 PF certificate. (Image)	750.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
254	O		#121, 30c Blue and carmine, a magnificent quality used example which possesses every physical attribute to be considered a first-class gem, from its absolutely flawless centering amid huge margins to its spectacularly intense colors and impressions on bright paper, even its perforations are unusually choice, as they are fully intact and even all around, beautifully cancelled with a light black segmented cork cancel at top and a portion of a scarce blue circular postmark at bottom, a superb stamp for the most fastidious collector; 1987 PF certificate. (Image)	750.00 SOLD for $3,250.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
255	O		#122, 90c Carmine and black, highly select used example of this rare and popular high value, incredibly well centered within large margins all around, strong rich colors and prooflike impressions, neat light strike of a partial rosette cancel, extremely fine; exceedingly elusive in such premium quality; 1975 PF certificate; ex-Grunin, Ishikawa. (Image)	2,250.00 SOLD for $2,000.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM

**1875 Re-Issues of the 1869 Pictorials**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
256	O		#123, 1c Buff re-issue, magnificent quality used example, perfectly centered amid enormously large margins, spectacularly intense color and impression wonderfully contrasting with its immaculately white paper, neatly postmarked only in the extreme top right corner leaving the central vignette completely cancel free, simply superb; quite likely the finest used One Cent 1869 Pictorial Re-issue in existence; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	325.00 SOLD for $1,050.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
257	O		#123, 1c Buff re-issue, perfectly centered amid exceptionally large margins, gloriously rich color and a deeply etched impression on brilliantly white re-issue paper, very light unobtrusive cancel, extremely fine; actually a very rare used stamp in this gem quality; 1985 PF certificate. (Image)	325.00 SOLD for $1,150.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
258	O		#124, 2c Brown re-issue, a fabulous used example in a condition unrivalled by any other we have seen, possessing absolutely gigantic margins and being perfectly centered within them, bright fresh color on immaculate paper, light unobtrusive cancel, simply superb; in the opinion of many collectors and dealers the Two Cent 1869 Re-issue is one of the rarest and most challenging of the series to find in choice used condition, hence its current catalog value of only $500.00 is quite misleading; 1978 PF certificate. (Image)	500.00 SOLD for $1,900.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
259			#125, 3c Blue re-issue, fabulous mint example of this rarity, which is generally considered the most difficult value of the 1875 Re-issues of the 1869 Pictorials to locate in premium quality, featuring near flawless centering amid uncharacteristically large margins, leaving the design completely free of being impinged by its perforations (a rare trait), brilliantly fresh, with deep rich color and a crisp prooflike impression, clean full o.g., relatively lightly hinged, extremely fine; a gem in every sense of the word; clearly one of the finest examples extant of the 1,406 issued; 2001 PF certificate; ex-Hall. (Image)	5,500.00 SOLD for $6,750.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM
260	O		#126, 6c Blue re-issue, an incredibly choice used example of a stamp that is far more rare used than mint, featuring exceptional centering within large margins, sumptuously rich color and a deeply etched impression on bright paper, very light and unobtrusive duplex postmark which proves its contemporaneous usage, extremely fine; only a tiny percentage of the 2,226 Six Cent Re-issues were ever used, and of these only a small handful exist in this premium condition; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)	2,100.00 SOLD for $2,500.00 Closing..May-21, 04:00 PM

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