United States Stamps continued...

**1869 PICTORIALS continued...**
Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
301	O	115	#115, 6c Ultramarine, well centered within large margins for this notoriously difficult value, rich color, and wonderfully complemented by lovely fancy encircled blue grid cancellation, very fine and choice; 1999 PF certificate. (Image)	$245.00 SOLD for $170.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
302		115	#115, 6c Ultramarine, perfectly centered within large margins, deep luxuriant color, tied to neat 1870 orange colored cover to Philadelphia by circular grid postmark, matching clear "Egg Harbor City, N.J./May 4" c.d.s. at bottom left, just the slightest reduction to cover at right, extremely fine; one of the finest quality single franking Six Cent 1869 Pictorial covers we have seen; 1978 PF certificate. (Image)	$450.00 SOLD for $475.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
303		116	#116, 10c Yellow, impressive mint example, well centered within uncharacteristically large margins, lovely rich color, full o.g., extremely fine for this; 1982 and 2000 PF certificates. (Image)	$2,500.00 SOLD for $2,500.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
304	O	116	#116, 10c Yellow, an eye-catching used single, possessing enormously large margins all around and being exceedingly well centered within them, bright rich color, circle of wedges cancel, an extremely fine large-margined gem; 1999 PF and 2004 PSE certificates. (Image)	$150.00 SOLD for $160.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
305	O	116	#116, 10c Yellow, select used single, perfectly centered within lavishly large and balanced margins, surrounded by full even perforations, bright radiant color on fresh paper, light unobtrusive cancel, extremely fine and pretty stamp; 1997 PSE certificate. (Image)	$150.00 SOLD for $140.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
306	O	116	#116, 10c Yellow, used, very well centered within extraordinarily large margins, strong color and impression, fancy cogwheel cancel and a small part of a red transit pmk., extremely fine and attractive; 1999 PSE certificate. (Image)	$190.00 SOLD for $260.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
307	O	116	#116, 10c Yellow, stellar used single, wonderfully well centered within unusually large margins, crisp and fresh, possessing bright luxuriant color on white paper, only a trace of a black cancel, extremely fine and remarkably choice; 1997 PF certificate. (Image)	$150.00 SOLD for $350.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
308		116, 117	#116, 117, 10c Yellow, 12c Green, single of each tied by quartered cork cancels, with matching "New Bedford Mass./Dec 9" c.d.s. alongside on 1869 cover to Mankanoi, New Zealand, making up the 22c rate via Southampton that was in effect from March 1869 to January 1870, addressed to whaling Bark Eliza, red London transit, three New Zealand backstamps, very slightly reduced at right and an insignificant cover repair at bottom left, otherwise very fine; a very rare destination for the 1869 issue, as well as being a rarely seen franking; 1997 PF certificate; ex-Rose. (Image)	Est. 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $6,250.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
309		116	#116, 10c Yellow, lovely single, being exceptionally well centered within large margins, and possessing brilliant color, tied by bold quartered cork cancel to 1870 entire folded letter with "San Francisco/Cal./Feb 22" c.d.s. at left, travelling transcontinental to New York with red transit, then transatlantic to France, the 10c paying the passage to the border only, with black "8" handstamp due from the recipient for internal French postage, French transits and backstamped Bordeaux, extremely fine and an unusually handsome cover; ex-Gibson. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $800.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
310		116	#116, 10c Yellow, two gem singles, being virtually perfectly centered amid extravagantly large margins, tied to lovely cover to Berlin, Prussia, via the North Geman Union by closed mail via England, stamps tied by Montrose, Pa. duplexes and red "New York-Paid All/ Br. Transit/ Apr. 13" c.d.s., red Coeln entry handstamp, backstamped, extremely fine; a pretty cover with great eye appeal; ex-Gibson. (Image)	Est. 400-500 SOLD for $650.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
311	O	117	#117, 12c Green, a breathtaking used example boasting absolutely massive margins and being incredibly well centered within them, strong rich color, light unobtrusive strike of a scarce blue circular cancel, extremely fine; a large-margined gem which has few equals; 1993 and 2004 PF certificates. (Image)	$310.00 SOLD for $650.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
312	O	117	#117, 12c Green, a choice used stamp, being a large example with the S. S. Adriatic vignette encompassed by a neat circle of wedges cancel, plus part of a red transit at bottom, luxurious color, extremely fine; 1996 PSE certificate. (Image)	$310.00 SOLD for $500.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
313	O	117	#117, 12c Green, sensational used single, possessing extraordinarily large margins and being absolutely perfectly centered within them, then with beautifully centered black fancy eight pointed hollow star cancel of San Francisco (S-E #ST-8P3), intense deep color and prooflike impression, an extremely fine gem for the most fastidious collector 1869 collector; signed Richter and accompanied by a 1998 PF certificate. (Image)	$160.00+ SOLD for $450.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
314	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 PSE certificate. (Image)	$360.00 SOLD for $500.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
315		118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, a fabulous unused example which possesses, unquestionably, the finest centering and margins we have ever seen on this rare stamp, with uniformly immense margins all around, plus its colors and impression are truly prooflike, an extremely fine gem; even despite the lack of gum, this stamp has to be considered among the best quality examples of Scott #118 in existence, as this value is notorious for its usual lack of sizable margins and attractive centering; 1977 and 1992 PF certificates; ex-Anderson. (Image)	$4,000.00 SOLD for $4,500.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
316		118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, an extraordinarily handsome unused example of this rare stamp, which is one of the most difficult of the entire 1869 Pictorial series to find in premium condition, being unusually fresh, with bright rich colors more reminiscent of the type II value than the type I, plus outstanding impressions, uncharacteristically large margins all around and marvelously well centered within them, extremely fine and choice; 1983 PF and 2003 PSE certificates. (Image)	$4,000.00 SOLD for $3,000.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
317	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, a marvelous used example of this 1869 Pictorial, being exceptionally well centered amid four large margins, one rarely sees a stamp so big from this series let alone on the extremely difficult 15c Type I, light cork cancel hardly obstructs its bright colors, additionally there is part of a blue transit cancel in the bottom left corner, extremely fine; 1996 APS and 1997 PF certificates. (Image)	$765.00 SOLD for $1,000.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
318	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, beautiful used example, possessing extraordinarily large margins and being exceptionally well centered within them, bright attractive colors and strong detailed impressions on unusually fresh paper, plus a wonderfully centered and attractive black rosette cancel; extremely fine; 1995 PF certificate. (Image)	$700.00 SOLD for $700.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
319	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, used, uncharacteristically well centered and margined, strong rich colors, two tiny thins in the grill, extremely fine appearance; 2004 PSE certificate. (Image)	$700.00 SOLD for $260.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM
320	O	118	#118, 15c Brown and blue, Ty. I, exceptionally well centered amid considerably larger margins than typically found, strong rich colors, crisp central strike of a leaf type cancel, choice very fine. (Image)	$700.00 SOLD for $325.00 Closing..Apr-08, 09:00 AM