The Frelinghuysen Collection, Part Two: United States Stamps continued...

**1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 255c-263)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
459		5c Chocolate, Imperforate Horizontally (255c). Top left corner selvage block of six with wide selvage, unused (no gum), separated between rows and reattached, few flaws incl. soiling, thin spots in selvage at top and tear in selvage at left VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE CORNER-MARGIN MULTIPLE OF THE 1894 5-CENT UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY. It is believed that most examples of this error originate from a part sheet purchased by a collector at the Richmond Va. post office. We offered a similar block, from the bottom left corner of the sheet, in our 2009 auction of the Whitpain collection. Ex Col. Green. Scott Retail as two pairs. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	8,000.00 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
460		$1.00 Black, Ty. I, II (261-261A). Bottom imprint and plate no. 76 block of eight, left four stamps Type I, right four stamps Type II, original gum, bottom left and bottom right stamps Mint N.H., h.r. in selvage at bottom, beautiful shade and detailed impression VERY FINE. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED ORIGINAL-GUM PLATE BLOCKS OF THE $1.00 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE. The $1.00 1894-95 Issue was printed in a sheet of 200 comprised of two panes of 100. The left pane and left half of the right pane were Type I, while the right half of the right pane was Type II. Imprint and plate number multiples from the right pane consist of one Type I and two Type II stamps. Combination pairs and strips, which exist only between the fifth and sixth columns, are extremely rare and desirable. Plate number strips and blocks are of even greater rarity, and only a small number of the 1894 unwatermarked issue exist. According to Bartels and Brookman, only 8,762 of the Type II were issued in total, and of these only a small fraction (about 20%) come from the positions that could yield combination pairs. Prior to this block's emergence, we recorded only three combination imprint and plate number blocks, and our census was confirmed by Lewis Kaufman: 1) the block offered in our "MLG" sale, four stamps Mint N.H. (Siegel Sale 971, lot 1165), 2) imprint and plate no. block of six, five stamps Mint N.H., bottom stamps centered to top and left, ex Bauer and Wampler, and 3) originally a bottom imprint and plate no. block of 20 (since broken out as a plate block -- the right six stamps of this multiple were offered in Part Two of the Alan B. Whitman Collection), small separation, currently in a private collection. The block offered here now takes its place as the fourth recorded plate block. With 2011 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as plate block of six and two singles (one Mint N.H.). (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	79,150.00 SOLD for $47,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
461		$1.00 Black, Ty. II (261A). Original gum, small h.r., intense shade and impression, light natural gum crease, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,100.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
462		$2.00 Bright Blue (262). Original gum, h.r., rich color on bright paper, two small thin spots at bottom, Very Fine appearance (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,750.00 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
463		$5.00 Dark Green (263). Original gum, rich color and detailed impression, Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	4,500.00 SOLD for $950.00 Will close during Public Auction
464		$2.00 Bright Blue (262). Block of four with selvage at bottom, bottom left stamp Mint N.H., bottom right stamp barely hinged, top stamps small h.r., deep rich color on bright paper, top stamps one tiny thin spot each FINE-VERY FINE. A RARE BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1894 $2.00 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE, CONTAINING A MINT NEVER-HINGED STAMP. Scott Retail as singles. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	17,000.00 SOLD for $7,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
465		$5.00 Dark Green (263). Block of four, original gum, h.r. where few perf separations sensibly reinforced, rich color, natural gum bends and creases FINE-VERY FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1894 $5.00 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE. Very few blocks remain intact, as most have been broken to feed collector demand for singles. We have offered only two others, both with similar centering, in over a decade. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	22,000.00 SOLD for $6,000.00 Will close during Public Auction

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