United States Stamps continued...

**1869 PICTORIALS continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
301		117	#117, 12c Green, premium quality unused example, possessing mathematically precise centering within extravagantly large margins, gorgeous rich color and a clean crisp impression on especially bright paper, an extremely fine stamp with tremendous eye appeal; 1997 PF certificate. (Image)	$1,100.00 SOLD for $725.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
302		117	#117, 12c Green, handsome mint example, quite well centered within large margins, rich luxuriant color, full o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; nice example of a difficult mint value; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	$2,600.00 SOLD for $1,350.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
303	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 $550.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
304	O	117	#117, 12c Green, an especially desirable used single, being extraordinarily well centered within lavishly large and perfectly balanced margins, rich color and a strong impression, circle of "V"'s cancel as well as a small part of a red cancel at right, extremely fine and striking; 1998 APS and 2002 PSE certificates. (Image)	$300.00 SOLD for $260.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
305	O	117	#117, 12c Green, attractive used example, well centered within uncommonly large margins, strong color and impression, cancelled solely by a bright red c.d.s. postmark which is quite unusual, choice very fine; 2003 PF certificate. (Image)	$300.00 SOLD for $425.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
306	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, the gorgeous used example offered here possesses every exceptional physical attribute that one could hope for but never encounters on a single copy, as each aspect of this stamp is truly remarkable, including being perfectly centered within especially large margins, its colors and impressions are as fresh and rich as the day it was printed, its perforations are even and intact all around, and amazingly it has been only very lightly cancelled in red in the extreme bottom left corner, leaving almost the entire design cancel free, a superb used stamp for the finest collection; the finest used #118 in terms of overall quality that we have ever offered; 2003 PF certificate. (Image)	$725.00 SOLD for $2,700.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
307	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, a lovely used single that is certainly among the finest available, possessing marvelous physical features starting with mathematically precise centering amid lavishly large margins, and including gorgeous bright colors and uncommonly sharp impressions on immaculate paper, plus nice even perforations all around, very lightly cancelled and unobtrusively cancelled so that the Ty. I design characteristics show well, an extremely fine used gem for the perfectionist; 1999 PSE certificate. (Image)	$650.00 SOLD for $1,400.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
308	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, an exceptional used example, possessing extraordinarily large margins and being exceptionally well centered within them, bright attractive colors and strong detailed impressions on wonderfully bright paper, unusually lightly cancelled almost appearing unused, extremely fine; an incredibly elusive stamp in this gem used condition; 1983 PF certificate. (Image)	$650.00 SOLD for $950.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
309	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, used, well centered within unusually large margins, rich colors, choice very fine; 1994 PF certificate. (Image)	$650.00 SOLD for $425.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
310	O	118 var.	#118 var., 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, double grill variety, a stunning used example of this variety, being in a condition that would be extraordinary for a normal example of this difficult stamp, let alone this elusive variety, incredibly well centered within uncommonly large margins, bright fresh colors, two strong and distinct grill impressions slightly overlapping, beautifully postmarked with a central strike of an unusual rosette cancel in black, plus portions of red and blue transit pmks. as well, extremely fine; a marvelous stamp for the 1869 specialist; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)	$1,005.00 SOLD for $900.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
311		119	#119, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. II, unused, strikingly intense colors and impression on bright paper, quite well centered, very fine; 1975 PF certificate; ex-Lutwak. (Image)	$1,650.00 SOLD for $700.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
312		119	#119, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. II, unused, exceedingly fresh, with sumptuously rich colors and crisp detailed impressions on clean white paper, very fine for this; 1984 PF certificate. (Image)	$1,650.00 SOLD for $375.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
313	PB	119	#119, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. II, an enormously rare full top margin partial imprint and plate "No. 23" block of six, being one of only three recorded plate number multiples of the Fifteen Cent Type II 1869 Pictorial, the other two are both large blocks of twenty each making them prohibitively expensive for most collectors desiring to own a showpiece plate number multiple of this value, sumptuously rich colors and impressions, centered a bit to top, full o.g., couple of trivial natural gum creases, some separated perforations in selvage, overall a fine and impressive multiple perfect for exhibition; catalogs $26,500.00 as a block of four and a pair; Chapin census #345; ex-Wunderlich and Chapin. (Image)	Est. 10,000-15,000 SOLD for $10,500.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
314	O	119	#119, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. II, used, well centered within large margin, deep rich colors and impressions, choice very fine; 2000 PSE certificate. (Image)	$250.00 SOLD for $230.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
315		120	#120, 24c Green and violet, an exceptional unused example which possesses tremendous eye appeal, being incredibly well centered within large margins which are most uncharacteristic of this value, strong rich colors and crisp detailed impressions, surrounded by full crisp perforations, traces of o.g., an extremely fine and highly desirable stamp; 1991 PF certificate. (Image)	$3,700.00 SOLD for $2,300.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
316		120	#120, 24c Green and violet, an attractive and scarce unused example, possessing excellent centering, deep rich colors that are more reminiscent of this value's re-issue counterpart, plus sharp detailed impressions, extremely fine; an exceptionally difficult value to find in choice sound condition; 1986 PF certificate. (Image)	$3,700.00 SOLD for $1,350.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
317		120	#120, 24c Green and violet, very fresh and rare mint example, strong bright colors and unusually detailed prooflike impressions, on crisp white paper, quite well centered, full o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; an elusive value in this excellent state of preservation; 2004 PF certificate. (Image)	$8,250.00 SOLD for $3,000.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
318		120	#120, 24c Green and violet, scarce unused example, attractively centered within unusually large margins, bright fresh colors, very fine; 1987 PF certificate. (Image)	$3,700.00 SOLD for $1,050.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
319		121	#121, 30c Blue and carmine, a wonderfully fresh and choice example of this rare mint stamp, possessing a marvelous overall brilliance few other known mint examples can boast, with truly prooflike colors and impressions on immaculate paper, quite well centered within large margins, full clean o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; an exceedingly handsome and desirable stamp; very few select quality Thirty Cent 1869 Pictorials exist still retaining their full original gum; 1996 PF certificate; ex-McKinney. (Image)	$7,500.00 SOLD for $5,000.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM
320		121	#121, 30c Blue and carmine, rare mint single, attractively centered within large margins, strong rich colors and sharp detailed impressions, full o.g., very fine and choice; an especially handsome example; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	$7,500.00 SOLD for $2,600.00 Closing..Nov-05, 09:00 AM