Sale 1332 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 8-10 October, 2024
Category — 1908-12 Issues and Bluish Paper
50c Violet (341). Mint N.H., well-centered, bright color, Very Fine and choice, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate
$1.00 Violet Brown (342). Mint N.H. top plate no. 4957 single, wide margins, rich color and sharp impression, Very Fine and choice, with 2001 P.F. certificate
2c Carmine, Coil (349). Guide line pair, original gum, bottom stamp Mint N.H., brilliant color and choice centering, Extremely Fine, with 1988 P.F. certificate
2c Carmine, Coil (349). Mint N.H. pair, fresh and Very Fine, with 2024 P.F. certificate
4c Orange Brown, Coil (350). Guide line pair, original gum, faint trace of hinging, lovely rich color, Fine-Very Fine, with 1988 P.F. certificate
4c Orange Brown, Coil (350). Mint N.H. pair, outstanding centering, top stamp light horizontal crease near bottom, the bottom stamp is Extremely Fine, with 2024 P.F. certificate
5c Blue, Coil (351). Guide line pair, lightly hinged, dark color, few specks of thicker gum at top not mentioned on certificate, Very Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate
1c Green, Coil (352). Guide line pair, original gum, lightly hinged, excellent centering, bright color, Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate
2c Carmine, Coil (353). Pair with 2mm spacing, original gum, single hinge mark at top, brilliant color, Very Fine and choice, with 1988 P.F. certificate
4c Orange Brown, Coil (354). Guide line pair, original gum, choice centering, Extremely Fine, with 2014 P.F. certificate which states "large part original gum"—at the time of submission the pair had hinge remnants on back, which have been expertly removed to reveal full, hinged original gum—with 2021 P.F. certificate stating "previously hinged"
4c Orange Brown, Coil (354). Guide line pair, original gum, lightly hinged, fresh color, Fine-Very Fine, with 1983 and 2010 P.F. certificates
4c Orange Brown, Coil (354). Pair with 3mm spacing, original gum, lightly hinged, fabulous centering, lovely color, Extremely Fine, ex Grace, with 2002 P.F. and 2020 P.S.E. certificates
4c Orange Brown, Coil (354). Pair with 2mm spacing, original gum, rich color, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2019 P.F. certificate
5c Blue, Coil (355). Guide line pair, original gum, exceedingly well-centered, brilliantly rich color, Extremely Fine, a select quality guide line pair, with 2002 and 2015 P.F. certificates (XF 90)
5c Blue, Coil (355). Guide line pair, intense shade, Jumbo margins, Extremely Fine guide line pair, with 1999 P.F. certificate
5c Blue, Coil (355). Pair, original gum, rich color, wide margins, Very Fine, with 1987 P.F. certificate
10c Yellow, Coil (356). Guide line pair, original gum, lightly hinged for this issue, intense color
FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 10-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 356.
Ex Hoffman. With 1973 P.F. and 2014 P.S.A.G. certificates.
10c Yellow, Coil (356). Original gum, lightly hinged, vivid color, wide margins
VERY FINE AND CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 356.
With 2017 P.F. certificate.
10c Yellow, Coil (356). Original gum, small area of hinging at top and pencil notation at bottom, vivid color, short perf at lower left called "pulled" on newest certificate, Very Fine appearance, with 1995 P.F. (clear) and 2024 P.S.E. certificates
1c Green, 2c Carmine, Bluish (357-358). Mint N.H., both uncommonly well-centered, strong colors, Extremely Fine, 1c with 2019 P.S.E. certificate, 2c with 1989 P.F. certificate
3c Deep Violet, Bluish (359). Original gum, small h.r., rich color on deeply bued paper, Very Fine, two backstamps including one from Stanley Gibbons
3c Deep Violet, Bluish (359). Unused (no gum), rich color on nicely blued paper, Fine, with 1957 P.F. certificate, Scott value as with gum
5c Blue, Bluish (361). Original gum, rich color, crisp impression
FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER — THE RAREST OF THE REGULARLY ISSUED BLUISH PAPER STAMPS.
Ex "New Amsterdam". With 2019 P.F. certificate.
6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Original gum, lightly hinged, well-centered, bright color on nicely blued paper, Very Fine and choice, with photocopy of a 2019 P.S.E. certificate for a block of four
6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Original gum, h.r., vibrant color on nicely blued paper, Fine
10c Yellow, Bluish (364). Original gum, h.r., brilliant color, Very Fine, with 2019 P.F. certificate
10c Yellow, Bluish (364). With part imprint selvage at left, glowing color, small erosion spot at right has been filled, otherwise Very Fine
13c Bluish Green, Bluish (365). With wide top left corner selvage, with plate printers' initials at left, stamp Mint N.H., h.r. in ungummed portion of selvage, rich color
FINE. A SCARCE MINT NEVER-HINGED CORNER SHEET SELVAGE EXAMPLE OF THE 13-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
The wide corner selvage displays the bluish paper quite clearly.
13c Bluish Green, Bluish (365). Original gum, deep color, fresh and Fine, with 1961 and 2006 P.F. certificates
15c Pale Ultramarine, Bluish (366). Original gum, rich color on deeply blued paper, Fine, signed in pencil
15c Pale Ultramarine, Bluish (366). Original gum, small h.r., bright color, Fine, with 2016 P.F. certificate
