Outstanding United States Stamps continued...

**1861-66 Issue (Scott 72-78b)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1197		90c Blue (72). Unused (no gum), wide margins and choice centering, lovely color with clear impression, Extremely Fine, with 1983 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,300.00 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
1198°		90c Blue (72). Beautiful wide margins and choice centering, nicely complemented by blue cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 90-CENT BLUE CANCELLED IN BLUE. P.S.E. encapsulated (XF-Superb 95, SMQ $4,000.00) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	640.00 SOLD for $2,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1199		90c Blue (72). Rich color on bright paper, beautifully centered, deep rich color nicely contrasted by red grid cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A COLORFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1861 ISSUE WITH RED GRID CANCEL, MAGNIFICENT MARGINS AND SUPERB CENTERING. With 1996 and 2005 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	700.00 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1200		90c Blue (72). Very wide almost perfectly balanced margins, certainly near Jumbo proportions for this value, bright color, vertical bars cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, the 90c is seldom seen with such wide margins, with 1999 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	600.00 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1201		90c Blue (72). Rich color, bold strike of grid cancel with part of red transit cancel at bottom, wide margins, Very Fine and choice, with 1982 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	600.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
1202		2c Black (73). Original gum, faintly hinged, appears Mint N.H., unusually well-centered, Extremely Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	375.00 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
1203		2c Black (73). Horizontal pair, original gum, right stamp diagonal crease, couple other inconsequential flaws, otherwise Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	800.00 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
1204		2c Black (73). Fine centering, excellent strike of green quartered cork cancel, rare colored cancel on Black Jack, also incl. 3c Rose No. 65 with light green target cancel, 2002 and 2000 P.F. certificates respectively (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	868.00 SOLD for $850.00 Will close during Public Auction
1205		3c Scarlet (74). Unused (regummed), bright color, small thin spot, nearly Fine appearance, with 1990 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	7,000.00 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1206		3c Scarlet (74). Four neat pen strokes, vibrant color, horizontal crease at top FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE 3-CENT SCARLET TRIAL PRINTING. As has been documented by Jerome S. Wagshal in a series of Chronicle articles (Nos. 56, 60, 61 and 62), Carl F. Rothfuchs, a Washington D.C. stamp dealer, obtained a supply of the 3c Scarlet in 1893 -- probably from the Post Office Department in exchange for his assistance with the Columbian Exposition -- and sold them with pen marks and original gum. With 1982 P.F. and 1999 P.S.E. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,500.00 SOLD for $1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
1207		5c Red Brown (75). Warm color in the true Red Brown shade, nicely contrasted by green "Paid" in circle" handstamp, small paper wrinkle at top right not mentioned on either accompanying certificate VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT RED BROWN 1862 ISSUE CANCELLED IN GREEN. It is not widely known that the late Marc Haas, who amassed one of the largest and most valuable U.S. cover collections of all time, also collected classic U.S. stamps in superb used condition. His collection was offered under the title "Distinguished Connoisseur" in our Sale 418, and we frequently refer to that sale catalogue to see what exists. Haas also had a penchant for green cancels, and, if he were able to obtain a green cancel on any of the 5c 1861 shades, it would have been in that sale. Not only is an example missing from the Haas sale, it is also missing from the Rohloff, Grunin and Klein sales, all of which had a significant number of 5c 1861-63 Issues. With 2004 P.S.E. and copy of 2005 P.F. certificates as a pair. The other stamp in the pair realized $7,500 hammer in the 2005 Rarities sale. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,550.00 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

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