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1917-1919 WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ISSUES continued...

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

641

524

#524, $5.00 Deep green and black, extraordinarily well centered and margined, strong color, o.g., very lightly hinged, extremely fine; 2006 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ $285.00). (Image)

$200.00

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

642

EDU

524

#524, $5.00 Deep green and black, fresh single with fine centering, tied to neat small-size registered cover to Denmark by Saint Paul, Minn. registry oval, March 20, 1920 earliest documented usage with registry c.d.s. of that date of Saint Paul on the reverse, additional New York transits and backstamped Copenhagen, cover very slightly reduced at left, very fine and choice; while this cover is overpaid and sent for philatelic purposes this issue is exceptionally difficult to find on any cover, but even more so on an attractive collectable cover, most of these high denomination stamps were used on parcels that were not saved or on parcel tags of a more undesirable nature, only occasionally is it found on a flight cover with other stamps long after issuance, this is an extraordinary small single franking cover for the earliest documented usage and a lovely addition for the most advanced Washington-Franklin or earliest documented usage collection; 2004 APS certificate; ex-"Alpha". (Image)

Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1918-1920 OFFSET ISSUES

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

643

528

#528, 2c Carmine, Ty. Va, full top margin monogram and plate no. 11333 block of six, "post office" fresh and intact, deep luxuriant color and strong impression on particularly bright paper, extraordinarily well centered and margined throughout, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; actually quite scarce so choice. (Image)

$165.00

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction

644

528A

#528A, 2c Carmine offset, Ty. VI, gem bottom sheet-margin plate no. 11712 single, beautifully centered within extraordinarily large margins, radiant color on immaculate paper, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine; quite elusive in this superlative condition; 2006 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $900.00); only one grading higher. (Image)

$110.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

645

528B

#528B, 2c Carmine offset, Ty. VII, bottom sheet-margin plate no. 12752 single, featuring enormously large margins all around and being wonderfully well centered within them, intense color and impression on bright paper, pristine o.g., n.h., an extremely fine jumbo. (Image)

$47.50

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

646

EDU

529

#529, 3c Violet offset, Ty.III, single tied to corner card cover of E.C. Segar, Cartoonist, Chicago Herald, posted to Reading, Pa., Apr. 8, 1918 earliest documented usage, stamp tied by Chicago, Ill. machine cancel, some edge wear and discoloration slightly affecting the stamp, fine and early cover as Johl reported the issuance date as March 23rd; because of the Scott order and the attention drawn to the different types of the 2c offset issues few realize that this 3c value was issued almost exactly two years prior to the first 2c value; clear 2000 APS certificate; ex-"Alpha". (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

647

EDU

531

#531, 1c Green offset imperforate, vertical pair paying the 2c wartime drop letter rate, tied to Stanley Gibbons, Inc. of New York corner card cover by New York, N.Y. Hudson Terminal Station machine cancel, April 7, 1919 earliest documented usage on cover, posted within the city, backflap missing, otherwise very fine; 2004 APS certificate; ex-"Alpha". (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

648

532

#532, 2c Carmine rose, Ty. IV, full top margin plate no. 10918 block of six, with an extra-large sheet margin, other margins are large and balanced as well, deep rich color, unblemished o.g., n.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$625.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

649

533

#533, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. V, dazzling intense color and a truly prooflike impression on immaculate white paper, large margins all around, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a gem with great eye appeal; 2006 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $310.00). (Image)

$230.00

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

650

533

#533, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. V, large even margins all around, brilliantly fresh color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2006 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $310.00). (Image)

$230.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

651

533

#533, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. V, pristine mint pair with beautiful radiant color and a sharp impression on clean white paper, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2004 PSE certificate. (Image)

$490.00

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

652

533

#533, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. V, select used pair, featuring extraordinarily large and beautifully balanced margins, exceptionally fresh with intense color, neat portions of "Lebanon/PA" oval postmarks, extremely fine; far scarcer than its mint counterpart and an impressive and elusive pair in this choice used condition; 2006 PF certificate. (Image)

$250.00

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

653

534

#534, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. Va, full top margin plate no. 11422 block of six, uniformly large margins, deep rich color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$200.00

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

654

534

#534, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. Va, top margin plate no. 11433 block of six, possessing extra-large and wonderfully balanced margins all around, sumptuously rich color, remarkably clean pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$200.00

SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction

655

534B

#534B, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. VII, used left sheet-margin single, other margins full to large, brilliantly rich colo on pristine white paper, light machine cancel, very fine and quite handsome. (Image)

$1,250.00

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

656

535

#535, 3c Violet offset imperforate, Ty. IV, full top margin plate no. 9926 block of six, with an extra-large sheet margin, other margins are huge and perfectly balanced, deep rich color, unblemished o.g., n.h., extremely fine gem. (Image)

$125.00

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

1919 COIL WASTE

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

657

EDU

538a, 540a

#538a, 540a, 1c Green and 2c Carmine rose, vertical pair, imperforate horizontally, two pairs of each in quite well centered blocks of four, the 1c block is a bottom margin block, tied to special delivery cover by portions of Middletown, Pa. duplexes and the "Special Delivery" handstamps, September 5, 1927 earliest documented usage for both stamps, backstamped Detroit, Michigan the next day, very fine and attractive cover; when these coil waste issues were first issued some had no horizontal perforations between the top row and the selvage, because these were popular with collectors an order was made to produce some more of these, this order was misunderstood to mean completely imperforate horizontally, thus this variety came about and was virtually all saved by collectors mint, because they are so scarce used at the time caution must be used in obtaining contemporaneous cancels, covers with either value are very rare and a cover, such as this, with both values in blocks of four being the earliest documented usage is a find indeed; ex-Alpha". (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

658

539

#539, 2c Carmine rose coil waste, Ty. II, perf. 11x10, a highly desirable example of this rare coil waste stamp, possessing far better centering than typically found, as most have the perforations into the design, this particular copy has the perfs. completely free of the frame lines, in addition it sports outstanding radiant color and a prooflike impression on fresh paper, o.g., very fine; 2006 PF certificate. (Image)

$2,850.00

SOLD for $2,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

659

539

#539, 2c Carmine rose coil waste, Ty. II, perf. 11x10, deep color and impression, centered to the top right but actually better centered than often found, o.g., lightly hinged, a fine example of this coil waste rarity; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)

$2,850.00

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

660

539

#539, 2c Carmine rose coil waste, Ty. II, perf. 11x10, incredibly rare used example of this difficult coil waste stamp, deep luxuriant color and crisp impression, while centered a bit to top this is still better centered than many, as this issue is notoriously poorly centered, cancelled with a portion of a wavy line machine postmark, small repaired pinhole and toned speck in the head, fine; this stamp is greatly underrated in its used condition, to illustrate this point, a perusal of our records show that this is only the second used example of this stamp in any condition that we have ever offered; photocopy of a 1987 PF certificate and a 2006 PF certificate. (Image)

$5,250.00

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction