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**United States Postage Due Issues (Specimens)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
5257	S	1c-50c Brown, 1879 Postage Due, Plate Proofs on Card, 10-1/2mm Blue "Specimen" Ovpt. (J1P4S var-J7P4S var). Ovpts. diagonal, five are inverted, large to huge margins, Extremely Fine, only one or two sets believed to exist (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 750-1,000 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
5258	S	1c-50c Brown, 1879 Postage Due, Plate Proofs on Card, 13-1/2mm Blue "Specimen" Ovpt. (J1P4S var-J4P4S var, J6P4S var-J7P4S var). Complete less 10c, ovpts. in various positions, two are inverted, large to huge margins, Extremely Fine, very rare, 1c with 1990 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
5259	S	1c-50c Claret, 1891-93 Postage Due, Archival "Specimen" Ovpts. (J22S-J28S var). Affixed to two strips of paper cut from an old stamp album, each bearing "SPECIMEN" handstamped ovpt., Marcus Samuel Ty. NA2 applied by the Natal Post Office, the same as found on Natal King Edward VII £20, Fine-Very Fine, very rare, the non-overprinted stamps were sent to the U.P.U. headquarters in Bern, Switzerland and were later forwarded to the Natal Post Office, with 1981 B.P.A. certificate (erroneously identified as 1887-89 Red Brown issue) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
5260	S	1c-50c Deep Claret, 1895 Postage Due, "Specimen" Ovpt. (J38SE-J44SE). 5c and 50c no gum, others original gum (3c part original gum), Fine-Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	595.00 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
5261	S	1c-50c Deep Claret, 1895 Postage Due, "Universal Postal Congress" Ovpt. (J38SO-J44SO). Nearly all "sweated original gum", 1c and 50c reperfed, latter deceptively so, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, only 125 sets issued (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	875.00 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
5262	S	-1/2c Dull Red, 1925 Postage Due, UPU Specimens (J68S). Two items, first is three s.e. singles affixed to piece of ledger page from the Madagascar archives and tied by red 40mm "Postes Et Telegraphes/Madagascar/Collection De Berne", other is single on small piece with Portuguese "COLONIAS" diagonal ovpt., applied by the Portuguese Post Office upon receipt from the UPU in Berne before sending to one of its Colonial Post Offices, Fine, since UPU members supplied only three examples of each stamp, the Madagascar piece has to be unique (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction

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