United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers continued...

**1914-22 Issues (Scott 446-550) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2105		2c Carmine, Ty. VII, Imperforate (534B). Huge margins, brilliant color, neat wavy-line machine cancel, Extremely Fine, scarce in used condition, with 2012 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,250.00 SOLD for $1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
2106		3c Red Violet (537c). Right plate no. 9413 block of six, accompanying certificate states "never hinged, the top right stamp with a natural gum disturbance", rich color, Very Fine, this shade is especially difficult to obtain in block form, this is the first we have offered since keeping computerized records, with 2012 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,300.00 SOLD for $950.00 Will close during Public Auction
2107		2c Carmine Rose, Ty. II, Rotary Perf 11 x 10 (539). Block of four, lightly hinged, radiant color, typical centering for multiples of this difficult issue FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1919 2-CENT TYPE II ROTARY PRESS WASTE ISSUE. At the beginning or end of a coil-stamp print run from the 170-subject rotary plates, some leading or trailing paper was left over that was too short for rolling into 500-stamp rolls. In 1919 the Bureau devised an economical plan to salvage this waste by converting the leftovers from coil stamps into sheet stamps. This was accomplished by cutting the sheets into panes and running them through the flat-plate perforator for the horizontal perforations, giving the stamps perforations on all sides. The Type III design was far more plentiful (producing Scott 540) but a small number of Type II (Scott 539) was also produced. Since Scott 539 was put through two different perforating machines (perforated 10 vertically on the rotary perforator during the coil part of production and then perforated 11 on the flat plate perforator), most of the stamps are off-center. The rotary press sheets also had a natural tendency to curl, making perforating on the flat plate perforator especially difficult. With copy of 1973 P.F. certificate. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	12,000.00 SOLD for $3,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
2108		2c Carmine Rose, Ty. II, Rotary Perf 11 x 10 (539). Top plate no. 7463 and "S 20" block of four, lightly hinged, brilliant color, typical centering for plate blocks of this issue, tiny hole near top of selvage at upper left FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1919 2-CENT TYPE II ROTARY PRESS WASTE ISSUE. At the beginning or end of a coil-stamp print run from the 170-subject rotary plates, some leading or trailing paper was left over that was too short for rolling into 500-stamp rolls. In 1919 the Bureau devised an economical plan to salvage this waste by converting the leftovers from coil stamps into sheet stamps. This was accomplished by cutting the sheets into panes and running them through the flat-plate perforator for the horizontal perforations, giving the stamps perforations on all sides. The Type III design was far more plentiful (producing Scott 540) but a small number of Type II (Scott 539) was also produced. Since Scott 539 was put through two different perforating machines (perforated 10 vertically on the rotary perforator during the coil part of production and then perforated 11 on the flat plate perforator), most of the stamps are off-center. The rotary press sheets also had a natural tendency to curl, making perforating on the flat plate perforator especially difficult. Power Search contains only three unduplicated plate blocks of this issue. The last we offered was in 2002, prior to that one has to go to our 1989 Rarities sale to find the plate block offered here. With 1989 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	17,500.00 SOLD for $3,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
2109		2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Rotary Perf 11 x 10 (540). Mint N.H. top inverted "S 30" and plate no. 10471 block of eight, brilliant color, typical centering for multiples of this issue, Fine, stamp under the inverted "S 30" with blue backstamp (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	835.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2110		$2.00 Carmine & Black (547). Mint N.H., rich colors and proof-like impressions, gorgeous centering with wide margins EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 CARMINE AND BLACK, WHICH IS GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98, SMQ $2,500.00). This is the highest grade awarded and four others share it. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	280.00 SOLD for $1,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
2111		5c Pilgrim Tercentenary (550). Mint N.H. bottom plate no. 12427 block of six, exceptionally nice centering, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	750.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
2112		5c Pilgrim Tercentenary (550). Mint N.H. wide right plate no. 12427 block of six, intense color on clean paper, Fine-Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	750.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction

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