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**1861-66 Issue and Encased Postage (Scott 56-78) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1295		30c Orange (71). Original gum, small h.r., vibrant color, Very Fine, a fresh and well-centered original-gum example of this challenging 1861 Issue, with 1978, 1998 and 2006 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,600.00 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1296		90c Blue (72). Unused (no gum), rich color, detailed impression, Very Fine and choice, with 1999 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,300.00 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1297		90c Blue (72). Unused (no gum), choice margins and centering, reperfed at bottom, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 1977 P.F. certificate not noting reperfing (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,300.00 SOLD for $850.00 Will close during Public Auction
1298		90c Blue (72). Exceptionally wide margins and nearly perfectly centered, lovely pastel shade, virtually face-free cork cancel, tiny insignificant corner perf crease top right, otherwise Extremely Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	600.00 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
1299		3c Scarlet (74). Four neat pen strokes, disturbed original gum, strong vibrant color, fresh and bright A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 3-CENT SCARLET TRIAL PRINTING. As 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 1993 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,500.00 SOLD for $3,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
1300		5c Red Brown (75). Original gum, attractive warm color, choice centering for this difficult issue VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A SCARCE SOUND AND CENTERED ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1862 ISSUE IN THE RED BROWN SHADE. A Power Search review shows that we have offered very few sound and centered original-gum examples of this issue. With 1985 and 2003 P.F. certificates. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,750.00 SOLD for $4,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
1301		5c Brown (76). Original gum, lightly hinged, bright shade and crisp impression, Very Fine, a pretty stamp, with 2002 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,400.00 SOLD for $2,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1302		5c Brown (76). Perfectly centered, dark shade, small neat circle of wedges cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1982 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	120.00 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
1303		15c Black (77). Original gum, lightly hinged, intense shade and proof-like impression on crisp paper, unusually wide and balanced margins for this difficult issue EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE CENTERED ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1866 ISSUE. A DIFFICULT ISSUE TO FIND IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION. Throughout years of Siegel sales, we have made frequent reference to the rarity of certain 1861-66 Issue stamps in choice original-gum condition. With the exception of the rare 5c and 24c shades, our experience shows that the 15c Lincoln is the most difficult stamp to obtain in sound, choice original-gum condition. It is most often found without gum or with disturbed gum. Examples with full original gum are frequently off-center. The block of six (straight edge at left), ex Caspary, Lilly and Ishikawa, is well-centered with original gum, but our search of numerous other major auction sales produced few other examples apart from the block. Therefore, this stamp could be the rarest face-different design of the 1861-66 series in choice original-gum condition. Ex McKinney. With 1999 and 2012 P.F. certificate. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	4,500.00 SOLD for $5,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
1304		15c Black (77). Unused (no gum), dark shade, proof-like impression, wide margins for this issue, Very Fine and choice, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,750.00 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
1305		15c Black (77). Intense shade on bright paper, nicely complemented by blue cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 2010 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	215.00 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction

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