United States Stamps continued...

1903-06 Two Cent "Shield" Stamp continued...

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
101		319 var.	#319 var., 2c Carmine, bottom right corner margin vertical pair, with greatly misaligned perforations at right due to foldover, o.g., h.r., fine; an impressive perforation error. (Image)	Est. 150-200 SOLD for $250.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
102		319 var.	#319 var., 2c Carmine, left margin block of four, with crazy perforations due to a foldover, o.g., h.r., fine-very fine; a striking piece with especially bizzare perforations. (Image)	Est. 150-200 SOLD for $300.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
103	PB	319 var.	#319 var., 2c Carmine, bottom margin imprint and plate no. 4335 block of twenty, representing the bottom two rows, with greatly misaligned horizontal perforations due to a foldover, with some stamps appearing to be imperforate between, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine; an important showpiece for the 2c Shield specialist, as foldover errors are rarely seen affecting such a large number of stamps. (Image)	Est. 400-500 SOLD for $800.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
104		319c var.	#319c var., 2c Scarlet, Ty. I, a visually striking top right corner imprint and plate no. 2367 block of 50, being the top half of a complete pane, displaying dramatic doubling of all vertical rows of perforations starting in the top sheet selvage and extending almost through the fourth row, then the doubling abruptly ends, the extra rows of vertical perforations are about 2mm apart from the normal perforations creating, in effect, numerous "gutter" pairs, o.g., some hinge reinforcement of perforations as to be expected, the part pane has completely separated horizontal perforations between the second and third row, overall very fine; significant perforation errors such as this are rarely encountered on this issue. (Image)	Est. 500-750 SOLD for $550.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
105		319d	#319d, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, vertical pair, imperforate between, block of six containing two strips of three, each being imperforate horizontally, rich luxuriant color, o.g., bottom two stamps with small thin spots due to hinge removal, lightly creased horizontally between the first two rows, very fine. According to Max G. Johl, in his monumental work "The United States Postage Stamps of the Twentieth Century", a block of twenty-five, imperforate horizontally, was found at the Washington, D.C. post office. A few were used for postage, leaving only this unique block of six, two blocks of four, a strip of three (see next lot) and a pair. This very rare error is often confused with the more famous "San Francisco roulette", where imperforate horizontally errors were found on a small quantity of sheets in a San Francisco post office. These are easily identified from the error offered here, as the local San Francisco Postmaster rouletted their error sheets to make them usable as "normal" postage. One of the great error rarities of the 20th century and one of the highlights of the Brody collection. Handstamped "HFC" (Henry F. Colman) and signed lightly in pencil by E. Stern (each highly regarded early dealer/experts); ex-Worthington. (Image)	Est. 10,000-15,000 SOLD for $14,500.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
106		319d	#319d, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, vertical pair, imperforate between, an impressive right sheet-margin vertical strip of three, imperforate horizontally, with partial arrow guide line marking showing at top right, brilliantly fresh, full clean o.g., stamps n.h., lightly creased between first and second stamps, exactly as found on the block of six offered in the previous lot, in fact this strip unquestionably matches up perfectly to the block at the right, clearly establishing the positions where the error occured (the top half portion of a lower right pane of 50), very fine; one of the premier showpiece errors of the 1902-03 Series; 1950 PF certificate. (Image)	Est. 5,000-7,500 SOLD for $13,000.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
107		319e	#319e, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, vertical pair, imperforate between, bright color, centered to right as are all of the few known examples of this rare error, o.g., h.r., fine; according to Mr. Brody's research, he contends that this error only exists with traces of blind perforations or, in the case with the pair offered here, with just the slightest indentation of the perforating machine, between the two stamps, to his knowledge there exists no example of Scott #319e that is completely devoid of any trace of perforations or the perforating machine, additionally these imperforate between errors differ in color and centering from those which were locally rouletted by the San Francisco Postmaster, clearly indicating that the non-rouletted errors come from a different source and location, in fact, Max Johl believes these errors only occured on one sheet between rows nine and ten, creating only ten known error pairs; terribly undercataloged, in our opinion, considering how few are thought to exist. (Image)	1,750.00 SOLD for $2,100.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
108		319e	#319e, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, vertical pair, imperforate between, the unique bottom sheet-margin partial imprint and plate no. 4475 block of four containing two error pairs, bright color and centered to right, both distinctive only to the few known genuine examples of this error which, according to Max Johl, occured between the ninth and tenth row of a single sheet, o.g., h.r., fine; as with the pair offered in the previous lot, this block has traces of blind perforations between the two pairs and, as previously suggested, this is the only way this error identified as Scott #319e exists, the blind perforations being more pronounced between the block and the sheet selvage; an important 1902-03 Series error showpiece; ex-Cromwell and Worthington. (Image)	3,500.00+ SOLD for $1,900.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
109		319e var.	#319e var., 2c Carmine, Ty. I, vertical pair, imperforate between, with San Francisco roulettes added, the error pair being the top pair in a vertical strip of three, wonderfully bright and fresh, centered just a bit to top as are all of the few known examples of this error, o.g., h.r., fine; the imperforate between error of this stamp is extremely rare, but an even more unusual and fascinating variety of this error is the "San Francisco roulette", as the Postmaster in San Francisco received a shipment of stamps from Washington in which a few sheets contained the imperforate between errors, being rather thrifty and enterprising the Postmaster rouletted the rows where the error occured and then simply sold them as "normal" postage; one of the finest examples of this error known to exist; 1988 PF certificate. (Image)	3,000.00 SOLD for $1,450.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
110		319e var.	#319e var., 2c Carmine, Ty. I, vertical pair, imperforate between, with San Francisco roulettes added, unused (no gum) block of four containing two error pairs, bright color, centered slightly to top as always found, small corner crease at bottom right, some reinforced separated perfs. between the two error pairs, very fine; an enormously rare error which is terribly undercataloged in Scott considering how few error pairs exist; one of just a few known multiples containing this important error; 1988 PF certificate. (Image)	6,000.00+ SOLD for $2,000.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
111	/	320	#320, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, imperforate, choice matched set of all four position arrow blocks of four, corner blocks and center line block, nine blocks in all, each with large margins, o.g., all but just a couple of stamps n.h., very fine or better; cataloged simply as hinged position blocks. (Image)	780.00+ SOLD for $500.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
112	PB	320	#320, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, imperforate, handsome matched set of four imprint and plate no. 3250 blocks of six, each particularly bright and fresh, well margined, o.g., l.h. (many stamps n.h.), very fine. (Image)	800.00 SOLD for $300.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
113		320	#320, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, imperforate, right sheet-margin imprint and plate no. 4151 partial pane of 56, well margined, brilliantly fresh, immaculate o.g., all n.h. except one stamp very lightly hinged, extremely fine. (Image)	1,900.00+ SOLD for $950.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
114	/	320	#320, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, imperforate, complete top left corner plate no. 4152 pane of 100, with full sheet selvages, bright vibrant color and particularly fresh overall, o.g., all but eight stamps n.h., one stamp at right and left sheet selvage with small tears, one hinged stamp in bottom row with thin, overall a very fine and handsome full pane. (Image)	3,250.00+ SOLD for $1,600.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
115	PB	320a	#320a, 2c Lake, Ty. II, imperforate, full left margin imprint and plate no. 4704 block of six, large well balanced margins, deep luxuriant color, o.g., single central h.r., four stamps n.h., extremely fine. (Image)	725.00 SOLD for $300.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
116	PB	320a	#320a, 2c Lake, Ty. II, imperforate, full right margin imprint and plate no. 4671 block of six, large margins all around, deep rich color, o.g., lightly hinged, small tear in edge of right sheet-margin selvage, otherwise extremely fine. (Image)	725.00 SOLD for $220.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
117	/	320b	#320b, 2c Scarlet, Ty. I, imperforate, handsome matched set of all four position arrow blocks of four, corner blocks and center line block, nine blocks in all, all with large margins and strong fresh color, o.g., corner margin blocks n.h., rest lightly hinged (cataloged simply as hinged position blocks), very fine or better. (Image)	780.00+ SOLD for $850.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
118	PB	320c	#320c, 2c Carmine rose, Ty. I, imperforate, very scarce bottom margin imprint and plate no. 3222 block of six, large to very large margins, bright distinctive color, o.g., lightly hinged, one stamp with small natural gum inclusion, very fine; plate blocks in the scarce carmine rose shade are unlisted in Scott, given that the Scott catalog gives a three times premium for a single in the carmine rose shade over the normal carmine shade, our estimate is quite conservative as a hinged plate block in the carmine shade is priced in Scott at $200.00. (Image)	Est. 300-400 SOLD for $500.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM

1917 Two and Five Dollar Perforated 10 Issues

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
119	O	479-80	#479-80, $2.00 Dark blue and $5.00 Light green, used blocks of four, each with strong rich color, rather lightly cancelled, one $2.00 stamp with small thin spot, fine-very fine. (Image)	600.00 SOLD for $280.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM
120	/	479	#479, $2.00 Dark blue, pristine mint block of four, intense prooflike color and impression, well centered, o.g., top stamps l.h., bottom stamps n.h., fine-very fine. (Image)	1,650.00+ SOLD for $750.00 Closing..Dec-06, 05:00 PM