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

**Later Issues and Postage Due**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2151°		1c Green, Perf 11 x 10-1/2, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Between (632b). Mint N.H., deep rich color on bright paper, wide margins VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT COMPOUND PERF IMPERFORATE BETWEEN. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN, ESPECIALLY IN MINT NEVER-HINGED CONDITION. According to Gary Griffith, this error was discovered in 1939 in Bergen N.Y. The find was reported as thirteen blocks of four and three pairs, but some were subsequently determined to have blind perfs and were disqualified. Illustrated in United States Stamps 1927-32 by Gary Griffith and from his collection. Ex Floyd and Whitman. With 1996 and 2009 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	10,000.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2152°		2c Carmine, Ty. II (634A). Mint N.H. vertical pair with full horizontal gutter, deep rich color, Very Fine and rare, this is the first example we have offered since 1992, with copy of 1995 P.F. certificate for block of four (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,400.00 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
2153°		7c Black, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Between (639a). Mint N.H. with selvage at left, intense shade and impression, fresh and Very Fine, quite scarce, according to Gary Griffith, this variety was first reported in 1939, the postmaster in a small town near Cleveland was annoyed that several panes had some rows of perforations missing, he cut some apart by hand and then gave up, throwing them in a box which was later purchased by a stamp collector, rumored to be Karl Koslowski, it is believed that about 20 pairs and two blocks of four were purchased, it is also known with a Mobile Ala. precancel, with 2000 P.F. certificate, ex Whitman, this is very undercatalogued in relation to its peers (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,000.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2154°		7c Acadia Park, Horizontal Pair, Imperforate Vertically (746a). Mint N.H., choice centering, intense shade and impression, fresh and Extremely Fine, very scarce, we have offered only one different example since 1993 (in 2000), ex Whitman, with 1975 (as block), 1997 and 2009 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,200.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2155°		10c Gray Violet, Special Delivery, Horizontal Pair, Imperforate Between (E15c). Mint N.H., deep color, much better centered than most, Very Fine and choice, ex Floyd and Whitman, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	525.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
2156°		30c Deep Claret, Perf 10 at Top (J66b). Neat "St. Louis Mo." precancel, deep rich color, central thin spot FINE. THIS IS ONE OF ONY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE 30-CENT 1917 POSTAGE DUE ISSUE PERFORATED 10 ON ONE SIDE. THIS RARE PERFORATION VARIETY WAS ONLY RECENTLY LISTED IN THE SCOTT CATALOGUE, BASED ON THIS STAMP AND ANOTHER FOUND BY JOHN R. BOKER, JR.. Records indicate that the printing of this Postage Due issue in the Deep Claret shade occurred concurrently with the printing of the Washington-Franklin regular issues that were perforated on the machine with the pins in part of one row set at gauge 10 instead of 11. This stamp and the other known example were both discovered by John R. Boker Jr. as he was sorting his collection of precancels. With 2008 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	21,000.00 SOLD for $16,000.00 Will close during Public Auction

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