The "Sirron" Collection of U.S. Perforation Varieties continued...

**1922-25 Flat Plate Perforation Varieties (Scott 554b-554d)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2122°		2c Carmine, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (554b). Wide selvage at bottom, government paste-up paper adhering to top stamp, deep rich color and nicely centered, small thin spot in selvage well below bottom stamp not mentioned on accompanying certificate VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1922 IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN. A GREAT RARITY OF THE ISSUE. Gary Griffith states that 3 to 5 pairs are known. The most desirable (and most easily authenticated) originate from a block of twelve with plate no. 14213 which contained three pairs of the variety as well as a fourth pair with part perfs (the block was offered in our 1966 Rarities sale). The multiple had brown Bureau paste-up paper fixing tears at left. including the left most full error pair, located in the center of the block. The pair offered here appears to be the second pair from the right, next to the pair with the tears and therefore receiving a small part of the bureau paste-up paper Ex Grunin and Griffith. With 1990 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	6,000.00 SOLD for $4,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
2123°		2c Carmine, Perf 10 at Bottom (554d). Top plate no. 14411 block of six, bottom center and bottom right stamps Perf 10 at bottom, bottom left stamp transitional Perf 10 and 11 at bottom, top stamps normal, positions 2-4 and 6 Mint N.H. (two are the varieties), brilliant color VERY FINE AND CHOICE. THE UNIQUE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1922 2-CENT CONTAINING TWO STAMPS PERF 10 AT BOTTOM AND ONE STAMP WITH TRANSITIONAL PERFS AT BOTTOM. ONLY TWO OTHER UNUSED EXAMPLES OF THIS PERFORATION VARIETY ARE KNOWN TO US. FROM A RECENT DISCOVERY AND ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLATE BLOCK RARITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Our unpublished census of Scott 554d contains 20 used singles, a used block of four, four covers and five unused examples (three contained in the unique plate block offered here). The Scott footnote stating that the single unused example is unique is out of date. Unpublished Census No. 554d-OG-BL-01. With 2009 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 50,000-75,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2124°		2c Carmine, Perf 10 at Bottom (554d). Vertical pair, bottom stamp the variety which is Mint N.H., deep vivid color, choice centering, natural s.e. at left, light gum bend on error stamp mentioned only for the sake of accuracy VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1922 ISSUE PERF 10 AT BOTTOM IN MINT NEVER-HINGED CONDITION. A GREAT RARITY OF 20TH CENTURY PHILATELY. Our unpublished census of Scott 554d contains only one other unused single (no gum) and the unique plate block with three of the errors offered in lot 2123. Unpublished Census No. 554d-OG-10. With 1974 and 1993 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	17,500.00 SOLD for $6,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
2125°		2c Carmine, Perf 10 at Bottom (554d). Transitional perfs with a few at bottom right gauging Perf 11 and the remainder at bottom gauging Perf 10, choice wide margins, bright color, oval grid and duplex circular datestamp FRESH AND VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL WIDE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 1922 2-CENT PERF 10 AT BOTTOM. Our unpublished census of Scott 554d contains 20 used singles, a used block of four, four covers and five unused examples (three contained in the unique plate block offered in lot 2123). Unpublished Census No. 554d-CAN-10. With 2004 P.S.E. and 2007 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	10,000.00 SOLD for $10,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
2126°		2c Carmine, Perf 10 at Top (554d). Deep rich color, choice centering with wide margins, neat strike of wavy-line machine cancel FINE-VERY FINE. A BRIGHT AND FRESH LIGHTLY-CANCELLED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1922 2-CENT PERF 10 AT TOP. Unpublished Census No. 554d-CAN-06. With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	10,000.00 SOLD for $3,125.00 Will close during Public Auction
2127°		2c Carmine, Perf 10 at Top (554d). Vivid color, attractive centering, neat wavy-line machine cancel, small part of pulled perf at top left FINE APPEARING AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1922 2-CENT PERF 10 AT TOP. Unpublished Census No. 554d-CAN-20. With 2005 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	10,000.00 SOLD for $2,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
2128°		2c Carmine, Perf 10 at Bottom (554d). Deep rich color, choice centering with wide margins, "Atlanta Georgia" precancel, very slight creasing at upper left VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1922 2-CENT PERF 10 AT BOTTOM. One other example of the 20 recorded singles in our census has the Atlanta precancel. Unpublished Census No. 554d-CAN-08. With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	10,000.00 SOLD for $2,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
2129°		2c Carmine, Perf 10 at Top (554d). Bright color, New York precancel, centered to bottom left FINE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1922 2-CENT PERF 10 AT TOP. This stamp comes from the bottom right of a block of four that was offered as lot 334 in our 2000 Rarities of the World Sale. After the sale the block was broken. Unpublished Census No. 554d-CAN-14. With 1995 P.S.E. certificate for the block (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	10,000.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Will close during Public Auction
2130°		2c Carmine, Perf 10 at Top (554d). Choice centering, tied by light strike of "Gregory Mich. Sep. ?" duplex cancel on cover to Marshall Mich., blue "Test" handstamp at left with manuscript "15440 Boys Cured 2/10/14", also 1923 receiving handstamp, with original contents inquiring about a naval appliance to cure the sender's daughter the same as her son had previously been cured, also with copy of typed response, slightly reduced at right VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY FOUR COVERS WITH THE 1922 2-CENT PERF 10 AT TOP OR BOTTOM RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. A GREAT 20TH CENTURY COVER RARITY. Our unpublished census of used examples of Scott 554d contains only four covers in addition to 20 singles and a block of four. Unpublished Census Bo. 554d-COV-03. With 2009 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	25,000.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction

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