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Sale 112
Lot 475
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Great Britain, Officials; Inland Revenue, 1885, Victoria, £1 Brown Lilac, Crowns Watermark, SG #O11, "Unused without gum, thin at bottom left, diagonal crease on letter "F" top right corner stained and soiled", rare and seldom seen, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, PTS 2016 cert.
Scott #O10 $80,000.
SG £75,000.
Estimate $12,000-13,000.
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Lot 1343
Canal Zone, 1962, 4¢ Thatcher Ferry Bridge, Silver (Bridge) Omitted, #157a, n.h., rare and fresh, Very Fine.
Scott $8,000. , only 50 known .
Estimate $5,000-6,000.
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| Realized $6,900 |
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Lot 406
Korea (South), 1948 300 Won on 14 Won Light Blue, Block of 4, #176a, n.h., marginal, fresh and well centered, Very Fine.
Scott $16,000+. , one of the great rarities of Korean philately .
Estimate $5,000-6,000.
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| Realized $4,025 |
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Lot 892
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U.S.; General Issues, 1908, 5¢ Blue, Imperf, Pair, #315, wavy-line machine cancel, excellent margins all round, deep rich color, Extremely Fine to Superb and rare. Ex Hillmer, Grace. 1987 PF cert.
Scott $11,500. , According to Johl, only 29 sheets of 400 of the 5¢ imperforate were issued. Most were sent to Indianapolis and the majority was used by manufacturers of private coils. Some unused were no doubt kept by collectors, 825 copies were distributed to members of the Detroit Philatelic Society. It is possible that most of the used copies originate from this supply, extremely rare in used condition .
Estimate $5,000-6,000.
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| Realized $4,888 |
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Lot 83
China (People's Republic), 1962, Mei Lan-Fang Souvenir Sheet, #628, o.g., crease on upper right corner, dist. gum as usual, Very Fine appearance. Per Scott, "almost always have some faults".
Scott $9,000.
Estimate $5,000-6,000.
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| Realized $5,750 |
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Lot 128
China (People's Republic), 1980, Year of the Monkey, Block of 4, #1586, n.h., usual slight offset on reverse, Very Fine.
Scott $7,200+.
Estimate $6,000-7,000.
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| Realized $6,325 |
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Lot 1309
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U.S.; Revenues, Proprietary, 1874, $1 Green & Black, Green Paper, #RB9b, Minor normal faults and very attractive with nice "Paris Allen & Co" handstamp and manuscript July 3 1882 cancel, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $12,500. , Larry Lyons lists seven used examples in his census .
Estimate $2,500-3,000.
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| Realized $4,025 |
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Lot 487
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Canada; British Columbia & Vancouver Island, 1865, 5¢ Rose, Imperf, #3, neat blue barred "35" numeral, ragged margins all round, marginal at left, 1987 Greene, 1935 Royal certs.
Scott $11,000. , very few sound copies exist .
Estimate $3,500-4,500.
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| Realized $4,888 |
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Lot 486
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Canada; British Columbia & Vancouver Island, 1860, 2½d Dull Rose, Imperf, #1, ungummed, "small filled in thin spot", very nice margins all round, very fresh. Stamp never placed into use. Current research suggests all of these were produced without gum and privately gummed at a later time. 1989 PF cert.
Scott $20,000. , rarely offered .
Estimate $3,000-4,000.
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| Realized $5,463 |
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Lot 686
U.S.; General Issues, 1861-66 (1875 Re-Issue), 24¢ Dark Violet, #109, "Toned" o.g., very fresh on face and excellent centering, overall Very Fine, one of the nicest looking copies we have seen, 2001 PF cert.
Scott $5,750. , 346 issued .
Estimate $3,500-4,000.
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| Realized $4,888 |
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