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Public Auction #418

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended November 22, 2013 at 7:00pm (New York time)
Bids updated November 22, 2013 at 6:33pm (New York time)

UNITED STATES — Regular Issues
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1o(9x1) 5¢ New York Postmaster Provisional. Used vertical pair tied with a large red NY cds. and each with a red “PAID” cancel. Both with four margins, a little close at top, F-VF.Cat. Value: $1,600.00
Price Realized: $750.00
2o(1) 5¢ Red Brown, used with a red grid cancel over a pen cancel. Two margins, cut in at top and left, Fine.Cat. Value: $225.00
Price Realized: $80.00
3o(6) 1¢ Blue Type Ia, used with a face clear cancel. 2013 PFC states, “it is genuine, position 98R4 with a light horizontal crease at top and tiny red marks on the back, showing lightly through on front at top left and top right”. Cert fails to mention some light pencil notations on reverse. Very scarce, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $11,000.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00
4*(7) 1¢ Blue, Type II, OG. Includes a 1992 PFC when it was the top stamp of a vertical pair. Cert states, “it is genuine, OG”. Narrow well balanced margins, Fine+.Cat. Value: $1,000.00
Price Realized: $290.00
5o(18) 1¢ Blue 1857 issue, Type I, used with a black cancel. 2001 PSE cert states, “it is genuine used”. Great color, centered Fine.Cat. Value: $550.00
Price Realized: $200.00
6*(20) 1¢ Blue, Type II, unused OG. 1995 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. Centered Fine.Cat. Value: $900.00
Price Realized: $230.00
7*(30) 5¢ Orange Brown, Type II, unused OG. 1980 cert states, “it is genuine”. However, cert fails to mention a short perf at right, nibbled perfs at left and a tiny thin. Scarce item, fresh, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $1,250.00
Price Realized: $240.00
8o(67) 5¢ Buff, used with a heavy black grid cancel. 1984 cert states, “it is genuine”. Well centered, F-VF.Cat. Value: $1,000.00
Price Realized: $190.00
9(*)(71) 30¢ Orange, unused, no gum. 2008 PSE cert states, “it is genuine, unused no gum, Grade XF-Sup 95, Mint NG”. Very bright, centered VF.Cat. Value: $1,000.00
Price Realized: $1,450.00
10P(71TC6) 30¢ Red Orange (formerly #61). 2013 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged with a tiny corner crease at top right”. Fresh color, very rare, centered Fair-Fine.Cat. Value: $45,000.00
Price Realized: $9,000.00
11(*)(102) 1¢ Blue re-issue, no gum. 1977 PFC states, “it is genuine”. Fresh color, couple shorter perfs, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $375.00
Price Realized: $375.00
12*(113) 2¢ Brown 1869 issue, OG. 2004 PFC when it was the right stamp of a horizontal pair states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. Fresh, centered Fine.Cat. Value: $550.00
Price Realized: $130.00
13*(135) 2¢ Red Brown “H” grill, OG right sheet margin copy. 1990 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, cert fails to mention the short perf at top. Brilliant color, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $1,000.00
Price Realized: $180.00
14o(141) 15¢ Orange “H” grill used with a black cancel. 2009 PSE cert states, “it is genuine used with one row of grill points used with a black grid cd manuscript cancels, reperfed at the left”. Centered Fine.Cat. Value: $1,400.00
Price Realized: $210.00
15*(190) 30¢ Full Black American Bank Note, unused OG. 2008 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. Good color, fresh copy, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $900.00
Price Realized: $270.00
16*(217) 30¢ Orange Brown, unused OG. 1985 PSE photo cert states, “it is genuine, unused, OG”. However, cert fails to mention rounded corner at the bottom. Bright color, centered near VF.Cat. Value: $325.00
Price Realized: $160.00
17*(219D) 2¢ Lake, OG. 2007 PSE cert states, “it is genuine, OG previously hinged”, F-VF.Cat. Value: $190.00
Price Realized: $55.00
18o(241) $1.00 Salmon, with a very light cancel, reperfed, tiny hidden crease, inclusion speck on reverse. Fresh color, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $650.00
Price Realized: $220.00
19*(276) $1.00 Black, Type I, OG. Accompanied by a photocopy of a 2004 PFC when it was the upper left stamp of a horizontal line block of four. Perf thins in upper right and most of the line has been scraped off the bottom perfs. Fresh, centered Fine.Cat. Value: $600.00
Price Realized: $250.00
20*(276A) $1.00 Black, Type II, unused OG. 1990 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, the stamp has lost the extreme lower right perf tip since the cert had been issued, centered Fine.Cat. Value: $1,250.00
Price Realized: $700.00
21*(278) $5.00 Green John Marshall, OG. 1987 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, cert fails to mention the gum has been disturbed slightly due to hinge removal, Fine.Cat. Value: $2,000.00
Price Realized: $900.00
22*(292) $1.00 Cattle in the Storm, OG. 2011 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, cert fails to mention slight gum disturbance due to hinge removal. Vivid color, centered Fine.Cat. Value: $1,100.00
Price Realized: $600.00
23*(293) $2.00 Mississippi River Bridge, OG. 2002 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, cert fails to mention slight gum disturbance due to hinge removal, center VF.Cat. Value: $1,900.00
Price Realized: $1,200.00
24*(351) 5¢ Blue, OG pair. 2013 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, cert fails to mention a small hinge remnant. Vivid color, centered Fine.Cat. Value: $375.00
Price Realized: $240.00
25*(355) 5¢ Blue, OG pair. 2008 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, cert fails to mention a tiny hr on the left stamp and gum rub on the right, centered just Fine.Cat. Value: $510.00
Price Realized: $180.00
26*(366) 15¢ Bluish paper, OG a bit disturbed, very tiny thin, reperfed, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $1,250.00
Price Realized: $600.00
27**(385) 1¢ Green, NH paste up pair. 2013 PFC states, “it is genuine, never hinged, with part imprint on paste up tab”. Centered Fine.Cat. Value: $240.00
Price Realized: $55.00
28*(387) 1¢ Green OG pair. 2013 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, cert fails to mention a small hinge remnant, Centered Fine.Cat. Value: $450.00
Price Realized: $230.00
29*(456) 3¢ Violet, Type I OG line pair. 2013 PFC states, “it is genuine, previously hinged”. However, cert fails to mention a couple hinge remnants, fresh, centered Fine.Cat. Value: $1,250.00
Price Realized: $750.00
30o(456) 3¢ Violet, Type I, used pair. 1997 PSE photo cert states, “it is genuine coil pair”. However, cert fails to mention an insignificant stain in the lower left and a tiny speck on the left stamp. Centered just Fine.Cat. Value: $650.00
Price Realized: $100.00
31**(461) 2¢ Pale Carmine, red Type I single line watermark, OG, NH. 2011 W.R. Weiss cert states, “it is sound and genuine in all respects, OG/NH”. Bright, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $290.00
Price Realized: $140.00
32o(491) 2¢ Carmine, Type II used single. 1987 APS cert states, “genuine in all respects”. However, cert fails to mention an inclusion at upper right in the frame line. Scarce item. Centered Fine.Cat. Value: $800.00
Price Realized: $350.00
33**(524) $5.00 Deep Green and Black top plate number single. HR in the margin, stamp is NH with a tiny speck on reverse. Fresh color, F-VF.Cat. Value: $360.00
Price Realized: $250.00
34**(599A) 2¢ Carmine, Type II, NH pair, Fine.Cat. Value: $475.00
Price Realized: $325.00
35**P(666) 8¢ Kansas, NH upper right plate block. Small gum skip on the upper right stamp, centered F-VF.Cat. Value: $700.00
Price Realized: $180.00
36o(1789B) 15¢ John Paul Jones, perf 12, used. 2011 PSE cert states, “it is genuine used with horizontal facial scrapes near the bottom”. A modern rarity, centered VF.Cat. Value: $4,000.00
Price Realized: $900.00
37**(3138/3535) Set of 5, Looney Tunes souvenir sheets of 10 with special die cut.Cat. Value: $290.00
Price Realized: $95.00