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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
305°		10c Rose (5). Large part original gum, large to huge margins, brilliant color, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2008 P.F. certificate (XF 90) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,750.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
306		No Lot.	0.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
307	TC	1c Orange, Trial Color Plate Proof on Wove (14TC5). Horizontal strip of four with vertical gutter, large margins to full, bright color VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE GUTTER TRIAL COLOR MULTIPLE OF THE UNISSUED ONE-CENT CALHOUN, PRINTED BY DE LA RUE & COMPANY IN LONDON. With copy of 1976 P.F. certificate for sheet of 200 containing ten gutter multiples. Scott Retail as singles (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	3,200.00 SOLD for $2,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
308		To John Brown as Prisoner at Charlestown Prison. 3c Red on Buff Nesbitt entire cancelled by "Baltimore Md. Nov. 26" circular datestamp, addressed to "John Brown, Charlestown Va.", also endorsed "Charlestown Prison" and "Private" at lower left, additional note "Anonymous Baltimore Rescue", some overall wear, still Very Fine cover addressed to John Brown shortly before he was executed (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
309		Fort Hamilton N.Y. Cover bearing 3c Rose (65) cancelled by grid, "Ft. Hamilton N.Y. Jul. 23, 1862" double-circle datestamp and addressed to Major R. A. Parrish, 1st Cal. Regt., Burns' Brigade, Sedgwick's Division, Harrison's Landing, Virginia, endorsed "Via Fortress Monroe" at lower left, docketed at left "Gen'l. C. R. P. Stone July 22nd 1862", with original contents written and signed by General Stone regarding request to make a statement, cover with some soiling, stamp with flaws, still Very Fine, a rare cover sent by Union General Stone while in prison after his arrest, he was blamed for the debacle at Ball's Bluff and imprisoned without being charged for 189 days, his imprisonment resulted in an Act of Congress forbidding the detention of any officer or military man for more than 30 days without being formally charged (the Act passed July 17, less than a week before this was written), Harrison's Landing was used as General McClellan's headquarters in July 1862 and was later used as a signal station and hospital (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

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