Sale 1339 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 12-13 December, 2024
Category — 1847 Issue
5c Red Brown (1). Original gum, small hinge remnant, full margins all around, intermediate impression and bright shade, small tear at top, otherwise Very Fine, scarce in original-gum condition, with 1977 P.F. certificate
5c Red Brown (1). Large margins all around, deep rich color, intermediate impression, red grid cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.S.E. certificate
5c Red Brown (1). Large margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at bottom and what may be left sheet margin, bright color and intermediate impression, red grid cancel, small corner crease at bottom left, Extremely Fine appearance, with 1986 P.F. certificate
5c Red Brown (1). Huge margins to clear including 9mm left sheet margin, intermediate impression, red grid cancel, additional lightened manuscript cancel, Very Fine, with 1987 and 2005 P.F. certificates
5c Dark Brown (1a). Full to large margins, detailed early impression and rich color described on accompanying certificate as "Scott 1a variety, the family of Seal Brown as per Ridgway nomenclature", light strikes of red grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, ex Saadi and Gross, with 1990 P.F. certificate, SCV $525
5c Dark Brown (1a), an exceptionally dark shade described by Wade Saadi as "Deep Olive Brown", but certified by P.F. as Dark Brown, intermediate impression, ample to full margins, neat strike of blue grid cancel, Very Fine, a stamp with great visual appeal, ex Saadi and Gross, with 1992 P.F. certificate
5c Dark Brown (1a). Large margins to ample, rich color from an early impression, tied by red square grid cancel on small piece, Very Fine and choice
5c Grayish Brown (1a var). Large margins to clear, early impression, face-free red grid cancel, Very Fine, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate
5c Dark Brown (1a). Large margins to full, deep rich color, early impression, red grid cancel, small corner crease at bottom left, Very Fine appearance, with 1980 and 2017 P.F. certificates
5c Brown Orange (1d). Ample margins, intermediate impression, blue grid cancels, Very Fine, with 1990 P.F. certificate as No. 1b (when the listings for Brown Orange were combined with Orange Brown)
5c Red Brown (1). Four, all have clear margins, including one with pen cancel removed and regummed, one with black grid and British postage due marking (graded 85, heavily oxidized), one with black grid cancel (oxidized), last is No. 1b shade with black grid, corner crease and small purple ink dots, Very Fine appearance, two with certificates
10c Black (2). Position 91R4, huge margins to full including bottom left corner sheet margin, red square grid cancel
EXTREMELY FINE USED CORNER SHEET MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE.
With 2013 P.F. (ungraded) and 2017 P.S.A.G. certificates (XF-Superb 95).
10c Black (2). Large margins to ample, crisp impression, light strike of red grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 1979 P.F. certificate
10c Black (2). Large margins to ample, tied by pen cancel on blue piece with red boxed "Louisville & Cincinnati Mail Line" handstamp with "April 5" date in manuscript, Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate