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Session II: Saturday, January 18, 2014

Estimate

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2283

2281

2282X
2285

2284

2286

2287X

Session II: Saturday, January 18, 2014

2282

2288

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(1213 var) 1962 WASHINGTON 5¢ DARK BLUE GRAY,
VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL GUTTER PAIRS ..... PH $500

Estimate

2286

Matching horizontal and vertical gutters with complete stamps
on both sides and no foldover creases. Horizontal pair with
vertical gutter features single stamp either side. Vertical strip
with horizontal gutter features 1½ stamps below gutter. Light
toning on vertical strip. both MINT never hinged and very fine.
Cat $675.
2283

2284

(1283a var) 1966 WASHINGTON 5¢ BLUE, PAIR
WITH FULL GUTTER ................................................ PH

2287

(1289c) 1967 MARSHALL 20¢ DARK OLIVE,
DOUBLE IMPRESSION ERROR ............................... PH $2000

NEW DISCOVERY after 45 years. Top margin single (tagged,
shiny gum) showing complete double impression of image
(shows most clearly in selvage), with strong intaglio impression,
ruling out possibility of setoff or tagging ghost. Very striking,
with only two examples currently known. Very fine, MINT
never hinged. (2013 APS Cert #203528 for pair, of which this
is left stamp).

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(1338 var) 1968 FLAG OVER WHITE HOUSE
6¢ MULTI, PART PERF ERROR GROUP .......... PH $750-1000

Group of margin blocks & pairs with either part perforation or
blind perfs at right margins. Includes plate block (#31476),
two ZIP blocks, two regular blocks and two pairs with either
completely imperf right margins or one or two stray perf
dimples. Additional group of nine blocks with visible ‘blind’
vertical perfs in margin (seven are plate blocks). Seldom seen
and not listed as such by Scott, all listed errors involve the
horizontal perfs. MINT never hinged, very fine.

$650

Extremely scarce horizontal pair with vertical gutter and no
foldover creasing common to these errors. Phosphor tagged
version. Listed but not valued in Scott. MINT never hinged.
2285

$300

Very fine and unusual bottom margin plate number single
(#29276 and #29280), showing GREEN border rather than
GOLD. Interior of stamp design area also shows light flaking.
Tagging appears to be undisturbed, making tampering unlikely.
Green ink shows characteristics of non-metallic standard
printing ink, likely negating any type of ink contamination or
color changeling. Since Eakins stamp was first U.S. stamp
produced by photogravure, production was contracted out to
‘Photogravure & Color Co.’ of New Jersey. Is this a possible
test piece or essay? MINT never hinged.

(1276 var) 1965 ANGEL 5¢ MULTI, HORIZONTAL PAIR
WITH GUTTER .......................................................... PH $650

Extremely scarce pair with vertical gutter and no foldover
creasing common to these errors. Listed but not valued in Scott.
Original gum, previously hinged.

(1335) 1967 THOMAS EAKINS 5¢ MULTI, GREEN
BORDER, PLATE SINGLE ........................................ PH

2288

(1390b) 1970 NATURAL HISTORY 6¢ MULTI,
TAGGING OMITTED ERROR ................................... PH

$500

Post Office fresh left margin copy of this extremely scarce
tagging omitted error. Listed, but unvalued in Scott. Jumbo
format commemoratives are among the hardest to find
completely untagged. This is the first we’ve seen offered, with
coverage of several very popular topicals. MINT never hinged,
very fine.

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