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U.S. 1890 Issue (Sc #219-229)

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 176		P U.S. 1890, 1¢-90¢ Complete, Plate Proofs on Card, #219P4-229P4, On small card, fresh, very fine. Cat. $785. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 177		P U.S. 1890, 1¢-90¢, Plate Proofs on Card, Blocks of 4, #219P4//229P4, Missing 2¢ carmine and 5¢, all with 4 margins, 15¢ (2 with thins), rich colors, very fine overall. Cat. $2460. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,783
Lot 178		P U.S. 1890, 1¢, 2¢, 3¢, Imperforate Proofs on Stamp Paper, #219Pc, 220Pd, 221Pa, N.h. pairs, fresh, very fine. Cat. $495. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 179		U.S. 1890, 1¢ Dull Blue, #219, O.g., large copy, extremely fine. Cat. $30. Estimate $40-50. View details and photo	Realized $35
Lot 180		U.S. 1890, 1¢ Dull Blue, on Unusual Cover, #219, The vignette replace with 2¢ Washington in red, stamp postally used and accepted for drop letter rate in Oakland, Cal., fine-very fine. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $75
Lot 181		P U.S. 1890, 2¢ Lake, Large Die Proof, #219DP1, Slight fault at bottom left corner of India paper, otherwise, fine. Cat. $550. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 182		P U.S. 1890, 2¢ Lake, Plate Proof on India, Block of 64, #219DP3, Ungummed, rich color, couple tiny thin spots, very fine. Cat. $6160+. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 183		U.S. 1890, 2¢ Lake, Block of 4, #219D, N.h. (no gum skips), rich color, very fine. Cat. $2600+. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details and photo	Realized $2,300
Lot 184		U.S. 1890, 2¢ Lake, on DuPont & Co. "Gun" Cover, #219D, St. Louis, MO cancel, cachet in black showing various ammunition configurations, with receipt showing rifle, fine. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Realized $114
Lot 185		P U.S. 1890, 2¢, Imperforate Trial Color in Orange, #220TC, L.h. pair, fresh, very fine, unlisted. PF (1990) cert. Cat. $800+ for listed colors. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $1,610
Lot 186		P U.S. 1890, 2¢ Carmine, Imperforate Proof on Stamp Paper, Plate Strip of 3, #220Pd, N.h., very fine. Unpriced. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 187		P U.S. 1890, 2¢ Carmine, Plate Proof on India, Block of 4, #220P3, Ungummed, bottom left copy trace of thin, rich color, still very fine. Cat. $1250. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 188		U.S. 1890, 2¢ Carmine, Cap on Both "2's" Variety, #220c, O.g., very fine. PSE (2004) cert. Cat. $675. Estimate $350-400. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 189		U.S. 1890, 2¢ Carmine, on Cover, from Sans Tache (Kingston), Fresno County, #220, Oct 24 1891 cancel (Williams #Fre-5030, rarity 4), only recorded example of the scarce one year Post Office, fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 190		U.S. 1890, 2¢ Carmine, on "Ad Collar' Cover, #220, Lovely advertising cover for J.T. Wing & Co., Detroit, used in November 1893, fine-very fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $204
Lot 191		U.S. 1890, 2¢ Carmine, on "Gun" Cover, #220, Lovely advertising cover for E.C. Meacham Arms Co., cachet in red shows Winchester rifle (also on reverse), stamp s.e. at bottom, otherwise very fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 192		U.S. 1890, 2¢ Carmine, "Anchor" Cancel, #220, From Magnolia, Wis., sharp strike in black, very fine. PF (1991) cert. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 193		U.S. 1890, 2¢ Carmine, on "Gun" Cover, #220, Advertising cover for John P. Lovell Arms Co., cachet in blue black shows revolver and shot gun, "police" supplies on reverse, slight flap damage, fine-very fine. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 194		U.S. Circa 1890's, Grant Die Proof for 5¢ (?), #0, 53 x 101mm, engraved, mounted on card, signed at bottom, similar to vignette design used for small Bureau 5¢, unique. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 195		E U.S. 1890, 5¢ Grant Essay, Die Sunk on Card, #223-E6, In chocolate, signed at bottom "Donaldson and Alfred Jones" (artist?), fresh, very fine. Cat. $700. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 196		E U.S. 1890, 5¢ Grant Essay, Die on Glazed Paper, Imprint and "Essay March 1890", #223-E7b, In black, signed "Ronaldson and Skinner" at bottom, unapparent horizontal fold at bottom, fresh, fine-very fine. Cat. $750. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $920
Lot 197		E U.S. 1890, 5¢ Grant Essay, Die on Ivory Paper, Imprint and "Essay March 1890", #223-E10b, In scarlet, small thin top left corner, still very fine. Cat. $750. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 198		E U.S. 1890, 5¢ Grant Essay, Die on Card in Red, #223-E12, Printing from ferrotype plate #223-E11, very fine, rare piece. Cat. $650. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $4,715
Lot 199		P U.S. 1890, 5¢ Chocolate, Plate Proof on Card, Plate Block of 12, #223P4, White card, plate #46, very fine. Cat. $625. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 200		P U.S. 1890, 5¢ Yellow Brown, Imperforate Proof on Stamp Paper, #223Pb, N.h. vertical pair, ungummed in selvage, very fine. Cat. $225+. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 201		U.S. 1890, 5¢ Chocolate, #223, L.h., light foxing at top, and tiny oily spot right margin, huge copy. Cat. $95. Estimate $60-70. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 202		U.S. 1890, 5¢ Chocolate, Pair on Cover From Shanghai, China, #223, Tied by June 17 1893 Postal Agency duplex, from U.S. Consulate, Nongpo, China (corner card), San Francisco and Boston backstamps, light edge wear and soiling at bottom, fine-very fine, rare usage. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 203		U.S. 1890, 5¢ Chocolate + 15¢ Indigo + 30¢ Black, on Cover to France, #223, 227, 228, 5¢ block of 4 and 2 singles, accompanied by 15¢, 30¢ to pay 15 time rate to Paris, 1894 New York duplex cancels, fresh and fine-very fine. Cat. $600+. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 204		U.S. 1890, 5¢ Chocolate, on Ship Wreck Cover, #223, Adhesive originally tied by Philadelphia duplex 1892 cancel, to London, violet framed "saved from the wreck of S.S. Eider" auxiliary marking, on voyage from New York to Southampton in January she was stranded near St. Catherine's Point in the Isle of Wight, the last 15 bags of mail were not recovered until March 2nd, this cover most likely came from the last bags, the stamp has been reattached to the cover by a pin, great example of a sea disaster cover. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 205		U.S. 1890, 5¢ Chocolate, on Cover with Post Office Seals, #223, OX2a, Tied by 1895 Oakland, CA duplex, to "Br. Ship Thessalus", Cape Town, South Africa, via London, held together by seals, "not known on board" m.s., violet "return to the writer D.L.O.", Alfred Docks, Capetown c.d.s., backstamps include Cape Town and New York Dead Letter Office, straightline "Dead Letter Office, received in bad condition", a most unusual piece, fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $311
Lot 206		U.S. 1890, 5¢ Chocolate, on Cover From Shanghai, China, #223, Tied by Apr 1892 Postal Agency duplex, from U.S. Consulate, Ningpo, China (oval h.s. in purple), San Francisco and Boston backstamps, small tear right edge of cover, otherwise fresh, fine-very fine, scarce usage. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $334
Lot 207		U.S. 1890, 5¢ Chocolate, on Advertising Cover to Norway, #223, Ad in red brown for Manhattan Wallpaper Co., tied by New York 1890 cancel, stamp s.e. at right, light aging, still fine. Estimate $80-100. View details and photo	Realized $69
Lot 208		/ U.S. 1890, 6¢ Brown Red, Plate Imprint Block of 12, #224, N.h. (7), o.g. (5), top #23 with imprint, "pos. 1 and 8 with small thins, a horizontal gum skip in the top row and lower right stamp mostly separated", centered fine to very fine. PSE (2005) cert. Cat. $3070+. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 209		U.S. 1893, 8¢ Lilac, #225, N.h., very fine. Cat. $175. Estimate $120-150. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 210		U.S. 1890, 10¢ Green, Pair, #226, O.g. (h.r.), short perf. right copy, fine-very fine. Cat. $400. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 211		U.S. 1890, 30¢ Black, #228, O.g. (h.r.), just fine. Cat. $425. Estimate $75-85. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 212		U.S. 1890, 90¢ Orange, #229, O.g. (h.r.), rich color, just fine. Cat. $650. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $104

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