The “Laila” Collection of United States Stamps continued...

**1918-20 and Later Issues (Scott 525-679) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
3378		1c Green, 2c Carmine, Rotary (578-579). Mint N.H., brilliant colors, well-proportioned margins, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, both are very attractive (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	365.00 SOLD for $180.00 Will close during Public Auction
3379		1c-10c 1923-26 Issue, Perf 10 (581-591). Mint N.H., brilliant color, Very Fine and choice set (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	430.50 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
3380		1c Green, Rotary, Perf 11 (594). Unobtrusive strike of machine slogan cancel at top, radiant color, long full perfs all around VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF SCOTT 594. ONE OF THE RAREST 20TH CENTURY STAMPS IN SOUND AND CENTERED CONDITION. The 1c Green, Scott 594, is waste from a horizontal rotary printing used to make coils. At the beginning or end of a coil-stamp print run from the 170-subject rotary plates, some leading or trailing paper was produced that was too short for rolling into 500-stamp rolls. In 1919 the Bureau devised a plan to salvage this waste by perforating and cutting the sheets into panes. They were put through the 11-gauge flat-plate perforator in use at the time, giving the sheets full perforations on all sides. The existence of Scott 594 was not reported until four months after the final sheets were delivered, and the 1c Rotary Perf 11 was soon recognized as one of the rarest United States stamps. Our recently completed exhaustive census of Scott 594, available at our website at: http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/594/594.pdf , contains 88 used singles, four used pairs and five covers (including one with a pair) for a total of 102 used stamps. Many have perforations either in on one or more side, or have faults. Census No. 594-CAN-52. With 1997 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	12,500.00 SOLD for $16,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
3381		2c Carmine, Rotary, Perf 11 (595). Mint N.H., radiant color, fresh and Very Fine example of this rotary press printing, with copy of 1993 P.F. certificate for block of four (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	550.00 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
3382		2c Carmine, Ty. II, Coil (599A). Mint N.H. pair, brilliant color, detailed impression, Very Fine and choice, with 2001 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	475.00 SOLD for $260.00 Will close during Public Auction
3383		2c Harding, Rotary Perf 11 (613). Well-centered with unusually wide margins for this printing, sharp impression, bold wavy-line machine cancel FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST SINGLES OF THE 44 2-CENT HARDING ROTARY PERF 11 STAMPS RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. Our census of the 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 at our website at www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/613/613.pdf ) records 43 used singles (one faintly cancelled, if at all), one used pair and a newly-discovered used strip of three. Of the singles, approximately 30 are sound, but of these only six rate a grading of Very Fine or Extremely Fine. The stamp offered here is unquestionably in the finest existing condition and is rivalled only by two or three others. The 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 stamp was discovered in 1938 by Leslie Lewis of the New York firm, Stanley Gibbons Inc. Gary Griffith presents his hypothesis in United States Stamps 1922-26 that rotary-printed sheets of 400 were first reduced to panes of 100 and then fed through the 11-gauge perforating machine normally used for flat plate sheets. This method distinguishes sheet-waste stamps -- Scott 544, 596 and 613 -- from the coil-waste stamps and explains the existence of a straight-edge on Scott 613. Census No. 613-CAN-08. Illustrated in United States Stamps 1922-26 by Gary Griffith, p. 190. Ex Hewitt, Zoellner and Twigg-Smith. With 1966 and 1981 P.F. certificates. Scott Catalogue value is based on grade of Fine. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	45,000.00 SOLD for $70,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
3384		2c White Plains Souvenir Sheet (630). Mint N.H., radiant color, virtually free from the natural gum skips and bends that can plague this issue, Fine-Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	600.00 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
3385		2c Carmine, Ty. II (634A). Mint N.H. with selvage at top, intense shade and impression on bright paper, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, a superb stamp in every respect, with 2001 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	650.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
3386		1c-10c Kans. Overprints (658-668). Mint N.H., rich colors, choice centering throughout, Very Fine set (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	477.25 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
3387		1c-10c Nebr. Overprints (669-679). Mint N.H., 10c with selvage at right, bright colors, better centering than normally found, Very Fine set (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	591.75 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction

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