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Session II: Saturday, January 18, 2014

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USA REVENUES
2328

(R101a) 1863 FIRST ISSUE $50 INTERNAL REVENUE
GREEN IMPERF (GRADED 75) ................................ PH

2331
$250

Double circle handstamp for California Pacific Railroad, Vallejo
(Tolman C39). Genuine, sound, fine to very fine. (2012 PF
Cert #507372, Graded F-VF 75). Cat $325.
2329

(R115b) 1871 SECOND ISSUE 50¢ BLACK & BLUE,
INVERTED CENTER, PAIR ....................................... PH $1250

Rare mint unused original gum example. Fresh, fine to very
fine. Original gum, hinge remnant. Not valued as mint in Scott,
used valued at $3,500, very few mint copies exist.
2332

Horizontal pair, both stamps with INVERTED CENTERS.
Exceptional centering for this issue. Each stamp with repaired
triangle punch cancel (cat value for punch cancel). Extremely
fine. Cat $700.
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(RB10a) 1873 PROPRIETARY $5 GREEN & BLACK,
VIOLET PAPER ....................................................... PH $12,500

Rare and spectacular stamp. Unused, original gum, slightly
disturbed with some loss from hinge removal. Fresh colors,
light crease bottom center runs from bottom to $5 emblem and
a few shortish perfs top right, still very fine for this issue. This
is one of only 3 or 4 known unused examples, and most of the
$5 Proprietary stamps have faults due to the large size. Cat
$11,000.

(RB3d) 1871 PROPRIETARY 3¢ GREEN & BLACK
ON VIOLET, INVERTED CENTER .......................... PH $10,000

A very rare stamp, only eight known! Light blue handstamp
cancels, small corner crease and a few small repairs, still fine
appearance. Scott catalog for a stamp with small faults ‘as 7
of the 8 recorded examples have small faults.’ Cat $14,000.

(RB9a) 1871 PROPRIETARY $1 GREEN & BLACK,
VIOLET PAPER ......................................................... PH $5000

2333

(RB10a) 1871 PROPRIETARY $5 GREEN & BLACK,
VIOLET PAPER ......................................................... PH $7500

Attractive example of this rare stamp, light pen cancel. Fresh
colors, small thin spots, and small sealed tear at bottom right.
Still a great looking example. (1978 APS & 2003 PF Cert
#0395418). Cat $11,000.

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