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Session II: Saturday, January 18, 2014

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2275

2276

2272

2274

2277

2278

Session II: Saturday, January 18, 2014

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(702) 1931 RED CROSS 2¢ BLACK & RED,
SHIFTED CROSS (TOP PLATE) ............................... PH

(702) 1931 RED CROSS 2¢ BLACK & RED,
SHIFTED CROSS ...................................................... PH

$110

Pronounced shift of red cross which extends beyond outer
frame line, fresh, MINT never hinged, very fine.
2274

(702) 1931 RED CROSS 2¢ BLACK & CARMINE,
BLOCK, SHIFTED CROSS ....................................... PH

$100

A MINT never hinged, very fine block of 4 with cross shifted
touching outer frame line.
2275

2276

(807b) 1938 JEFFERSON 3¢ VIOLET PAIR, IMPERF
VERTICALLY BETWEEN .......................................... PH $1500

Attractive pair imperf vertically between. RARE as only 10
reported. Original gum, hinged. Fine centering. (Datz $1750)
Cat $2000.
2277

(807 var) 1938 JEFFERSON 3¢ DEEP VIOLET,
POSTAL COUNTERFEIT FULL SHEET ................... PH $1500

Complete sheet of 100 postal COUNTERFEITS produced by
offset lithography. Centering ranges from average to extra fine.
No plate number and top of printing plate shows in top selvage.
Perf 12. Few small faults, including adhesions in left column,
gum spotting, trivial perf separations. Major showpiece. MINT
never hinged, save previously mentioned minor gum issues.
Cat $4000.
2278

2280

(1147a) 1960 CHAMPIONS OF LIBERTY MASARYK
4¢ BLUE, VERTICAL PAIR IMPERF BETWEEN ..... PH $2500

Vertical pair imperforate between. Rare error, with very few
known. Fresh, MINT never hinged, extremely fine. Cat $2500.

(734a) 1933 KOSCIUSZKO 5¢ BLUE, HORIZONTAL
PAIR, IMPERF VERTICALLY .................................... PH $1500

Well centered for this, fresh, very fine. Original gum, previously
hinged. Cat $2000.

(1036 var) 1958 LINCOLN 4¢ RED VIOLET, POSTAL
COUNTERFEIT SHEET ............................................. PH $3000

Extremely RARE complete sheet of 100 postal counterfeits on
thin, shiny paper with glossy gum (perf 12½) with lower left
‘plate number’ 26401. Stamps were produced by offset
lithography rather than line engraving and were supposedly
prepared from coil stamps (although this doesn’t make sense
with plate number and electric eye markings). Few trivial edge
perforation separations and one stamp with tear (right margin,
row 5). Absolute show-stopping item with tremendous appeal.
MINT never hinged, but some spotting on gum, as normally
encountered. Catalog is for plate block and singles. Cat $8200.

$125

Top plate block of 8 (black plate #F 20452, red #F 20489).
Nice shifted cross, with south & east arms into nurse. Fresh,
MINT never hinged, very fine.
2273

2280
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2279

USA Errors, Freaks & Oddities, cont.
2272

2279

2281

(1203a) 1962 HAMMARSKJOLD ORIGINAL INVERT
ERROR ON FIRST DAY COVER .............................. PH $2000

Extremely fresh unofficial first day cover of the REAL
Hammarskjold invert error. Stamp tied with clear Oct. 23, 1962,
Brooklyn, NY, Vanderveer Sta. machine cancel (11:30 am).
Reverse of cover bears signature and rubber stamped address
creator added later (Edwin Friedman of Rockville Centre, NY).
Stamp itself, of course, is ORIGINAL Hammarskjold Invert
error, which, was reprinted by the U.S. Post Office, now known
as Scott #1204 (‘Special Printing’). The intentional error was
released Nov 16, in a successful effort to destroy the market
value of the inverts discovered by Leonard Sherman. Scott lists
and values covers with the more common ‘First Day of Issue’
cancel. Brooklyn covers are much scarcer. Extremely fine
showpiece! (2013 Sismondo cert) Cat $300 0.

(832d) 1954 WILSON $1 RED VIOLET & BLACK,
VERTICAL PAIR IMPERF HORIZ ............................. PH $1000

A MINT vertical pair, imperforate horizontally, of this popular
Prexy issue. Original gum, previously hinged at top, extremely
fine. A real Gem! (copy of 2005 PF Cert). Cat $1250.
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