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**Special Delivery, Registration (Scott E1-E21, F1) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2221°		10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E6). Mint N.H., beautiful bright color on fresh paper, wide and balanced margins EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1902 10-CENT SPECIAL DELIVERY, SCOTT E6. Ex Beverly Hills. P.S.E. encapsulated (XF-Superb 95, SMQ $4,850.00). Only two have graded higher to date and only three others share this grade. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	525.00 SOLD for $2,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
2222		10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E6). Mint N.H. with top part imprint selvage, uncommonly wide margins which we believe qualify as Jumbo for this typically tight-margined Special Delivery Issue, intense color and clear impression on fresh paper, Extremely Fine, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90, SMQ $1,650.00) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	525.00 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
2223		10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E6). Plate no. selvage at bottom, rich color, wide margins and choice centering, Extremely Fine, with 1990 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	230.00 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
2224		10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E6). Wide top imprint and plate no. 1484 block of six, stamps not hinged but a few reinforced perf separations prevent us from calling the block Mint N.H., beautiful bright color, choice margins and centering, light fingerprint on gum VERY FINE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE WIDE TOP PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1902 SERIES SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP, SCOTT E6. A review using Power Search failed to find any Mint N.H. plate blocks of E6 and only one hinged top plate block (with glazed original gum) in all our sales since 1994 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	3,250.00 SOLD for $5,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
2225°		10c Green, Special Delivery (E7). Mint N.H., perfect centering and deep rich color, fresh and crisp, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98, SMQ $1,800.00) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	150.00 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
2226		10c Green, Special Delivery (E7). Mint N.H. wide top imprint and plate no. 4921 block of six, fresh and Very Fine, a lovely plate block, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,400.00 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
2227		10c Green, Special Delivery (E7). Mint N.H. wide left imprint and plate no. 4917 block of six, well-balanced margins, fresh color on crisp paper, Very Fine and choice (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,400.00 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
2228°		10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E8). Mint N.H., brilliant color and proof-like impression on bright paper, mathematically perfect centering with Jumbo margins EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS COLOSSAL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1911 SERIES SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP, SCOTT E8, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE ULTIMATE GRADE OF GEM 100 JUMBO BY P.S.E. -- THIS STANDS ALONE AS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE. The first "Messenger on Bicycle" Special Delivery design was the 1902 double-line watermarked Scott E6. In 1908 the "Helmut of Mercury" Special Delivery stamp was issued. However, the Messenger on Bicycle design was re-issued in 1911 from new plates with a single-line watermark, and the same basic design was issued continuously until the Motorcycle Delivery design replaced it in 1922. Scott E8 is not particularly scarce (it has a Scott value of $240.00 in Mint N.H. condition), but to find an example such as this one defies the odds. At first glance it almost strikes one as a perforated small die proof. The P.S.E. Population Report statistics support this statement, as does a review of Power Search and older auction catalogs, which failed to find its equal Ex Whitman. With 1992 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (Gem 100 Jumbo, unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, SMQ $2,300.00 as 98). This is the only example to have achieved this pinnacle of grades. No other examples have been graded above 98J, of which there is one (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	240.00 SOLD for $4,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
2229		10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E8). Mint N.H. block of four, intense color with proof-like impression, bright paper, Fine-Very Fine, with 2011 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,700.00 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
2230		10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E8). Block of four with plate no. 5863 selvage at top, top left stamp barest trace of hinging, other three Mint N.H., wide beautifully balanced margins, Extremely Fine, Scott Retail as singles (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	830.00 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
2231°		10c Blue, Special Delivery (E9a). Mint N.H., intense bright color nicely contrasted by fresh white paper, almost mathematically perfect centering with wide margins EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1914 BLUE SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. Ex Whitman. With 2001 P.F., 1999 and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98, SMQ $3,600.00). Only two examples have graded higher to date and no others share this grade (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	550.00 SOLD for $2,100.00 Will close during Public Auction

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