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1875 Reproductions of 1847 Issue to 1851-57 Imperforate Issue

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 460		P U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ and 10¢, Small Die Proofs, #3P2, 4P2, small thins from removal as normal, small stain spot on #3, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $850. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 461		P U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ and 10¢, Plate Proof on Card, #3P4, 4P4, nice margins all around, Very Fine. Scott $500. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 462		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ Red Brown, #3, ungummed, nice margins all round, Very Fine, 1969 PF cert. Scott $850. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 463		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ Red Brown, #3, ungummed, four clear margins, Very Fine, 2017 PSE cert. Scott $850. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 464		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ Red Brown, #3, ungummed, 4 full margins, Very Fine, 1994 PSE cert. Scott $850. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 465		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ Red Brown, #3, ungummed, 4 full margins, with European ink back stamp at bottom, Very Fine, 2016 PSE cert. Scott $850. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $546
Lot 466		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ Red Brown, #3, ungummed, balanced margins all round, Very Fine. Ex Pool auction February 1956. Scott $850. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 467		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ Red Brown, #3, ungummed, four full margins, strong color, Fine to Very Fine, 1988 PF cert. Scott $850. Estimate $350-400. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 468		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 10¢ Black, #4, ungummed, four margins, Very Fine. Scott $1,050. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 469		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 10¢ Black, #4, ungummed, four full margins close at bottom left, Very Fine. Scott $1,050. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 470		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 10¢ Black, #4, ungummed, nice margins all round, Very Fine, 2008 PSE cert. Scott $1,050. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 471		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 10¢ Black, #4, ungummed, balanced margins all round, Very Fine. Ex Fifield auction December 1957. Scott $1,050. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 472		() U.S.; General Issues, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 10¢ Black, #4, ungummed, four full margins, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,050. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 473		o U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 1¢ Blue, Type Ia, #6, black town cancel, apparent margins all round, "Pos 94R4 with repaired tear at the top and lower right, corner repair at bottom left, a portion of the design painted in and soiling", Fine appearing, 2008 PF cert. Scott $10,500. Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 474		o U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 1¢ Blue, Type II, #7, black circular town cancel, Grade 90 Extremely Fine, 2017 PSE cert. Scott Stamp Values #7 $265. Estimate $120-150. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 475		U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 1¢ Type II, Hawleyville Housatonic R.R. Cover, #7, strip of 3, pen canc'd., Mar 4 1855 railroad station agent oval datestamp, Conn. to New Milford, Very Fine. Ex Eno, Wenk and Conland. These ticket marker datestamps are not route agent markings despite recent confused articles to the contrary. They were applied by regular postmasters who had offices along the RR route - the Postmasters also served as agents for the railroad . Estimate $230-260. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 476		o U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 1¢ Blue, Type IIIa, #8A, black circular grid cancel, nice to large margins for this, "toning over the bottom ¾ of the stamp" (light), Grade 70 Fine to Very Fine overall, 2009 PSE cert. Scott $825. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 477		U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 1¢, Type IIIa on Consular Cover, #8A, decent margins, fine, tied by clear NY NOV 11 cds on printed circular to Mexican Consul in NY, very attractive, a Very Fine cover, 2017 PSE cert. Scott $900. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 478		U.S.; General Issues, 1852, 1¢ Blue, Type IV, #9, full o.g., marginal jumbo copy showing portions of copies top and left, Grade 95J virtually Superb, 2011 PSE cert. Scott Stamp Values $2,750+, only 5 graded higher . Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,300
Lot 479		o U.S.; General Issues, 1852, 1¢ Blue, Type IV, #9, magnificent margins all round showing designs of 4 other copies, light blue cancel, Grade 100J a Superb gem, 2011 PF cert. Scott Stamp Values $1,350 + (as grade 98), one of only 10 copies graded this high . Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 480		U.S.; General Issues, 1852, 1¢ Type IV, Louisville & Cincinnati Mail Line Cover, #9, 1¢ miscut, tied by balloon route agent postmark OCT 9 1854 to printed prospectus from Louisville ("Comic Pictorial Life and Adventures of a Telegrapher"), used to telegraph operator in Mass., possible only reported example of this waterway route agent marking on printed matter - such circulars were usually posted at post office of publication . Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 481		U.S.; General Issues, 1852, 1¢ Type IV, Pair on Printed Matter, #9, Pair, margins to cutting tied on outside folded enclosure to Liverpool, U.K. "per first steamer" from New Orleans JUN 2 1856 with arrival JU 23 56 on back, with "2" marking for internal fee due. Pre-UPU mail, 2¢ paying the 2 oz. rate. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 482		o U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 3¢ Orange Brown, Type I-II Accumulation, #10, 10A, 27 total copies all 4 margin, mostly grid cancels, mostly sound, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 483		U.S.; General Issues, 1852, 3¢, Type I, Nathaniel Wyeth Correspondence, #11, top sheet margin copy with full margins all around, tied to Nathaniel Wyeth correspondence by SEP 16, 1853 postmark New York on folded letter to Cambridge, Mass., Extremely Fine, This cover is the finest example in the correspondence . Estimate $180-200. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 484		() U.S.; General Issues, 1856, 5¢ Red Brown, #12, regummed, "thin and a tiny corner crease….and a repair in upper right corner", huge margins all round, Extremely Fine appearance, 2004 PSE cert. Scott $11,000. Scarce mint . Estimate $1,600-1,800. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 485		o U.S.; General Issues, 1856, 5¢ Red Brown, #12, light 1857 cds, gorgeous margins all round, excellent color, Grade 98 Extremely Fine to Superb, 2009 PSE cert. Scott Stamp Values $3,750, only 4 graded higher at 98J . Estimate $2,000-2,400. View details and photo	Realized $2,530
Lot 486		o U.S.; General Issues, 1856, 5¢ Red Brown, #12, cds, clear to nice margins all round, fresh, Very Fine. Ex HR Harmer auction February 1958. Scott $700. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 487		o U.S.; General Issues, 1856, 5¢ Red Brown, #12, four full margins, black cds, Grade 80 Very Fine, 2017 PSE cert. Scott $700. Estimate $160-200. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 488		o U.S.; General Issues, 1856, 5¢ Red Brown, #12, full to cut in at top margins, sound copy, Fine, 2016 PSAG cert. Scott $700. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 489		o U.S.; General Issues, 1856, 5¢ Red Brown, #12, four full margin, with cds, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $700. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 490		o U.S.; General Issues, 1856, 5¢ Red Brown, Strip of 3, #12, vertical, New Orleans cancel, nice margins all round, excellent color, almost Very Fine, 2017 PSE cert. Scott $3,750. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,610
Lot 491		U.S.; General Issues, 1856, 5¢ on Cover to France, #12, huge margins to touching at bottom, tied by New Orleans MAR 15 clear cds to Paris, with Boston 25 MAR Br. PKT on reverse, 2 vert. file folds not affecting adhesive, Fine, 2017 PSE cert. Scott $1,650+. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 492		o U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Type I, #13, used, nice margins all round, overall Very Fine. Ex HR Harmer auction May 1957. Scott $850. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 493		o U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Type I, #13, four large margins, with Ashtabula OH. cancel, Very Fine, 1990 PF cert. for on piece. Scott $850. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $690
Lot 494		o U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Type I, #13, large margins all around with black cds, Very Fine, 1984 PF cert. Scott $850. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 495		U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢, Type I on Cover, #13, close margins to cutting in with Pos. 99R1 tied by Aug 19 New York cds to Washington D.C., generally Fine to Very Fine, 2016 APS cert. Scott $950. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 496		() U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Type II, #14, unused, full margins all around, beautiful stamp, Very Fine, 2002 PF cert. Scott $1,800. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 497		o U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Type II, Pair, #14, very light cancel, large margins all around, vert. crease right stamp, still very nice, Extremely Fine appearance. Scott $325. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 498		o U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Types II & III, Block of 10, #14, 15, used, good margins to touching bottom left, top row type II, bottom row type III, "pos. 1, 6, 10 with corner creases and small tear between pos. 2 and 3", 2017 PSE cert. Scott $7,300+. Estimate $1,000-1,300. View details and photo	Realized $2,415
Lot 499		o U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Types II & III, #14, 15, used, both nice margins all round, #14 marginal, #15 blue cancel. Ex Paige and HR Harmer auctions 1958-1959. Scott $315. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 500		U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Type III, #15, o.g., large to clear margins, tiny toned spot at top left and light soiling, otherwise Very Fine, 2001 PF cert. Scott $5,000. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 501		o U.S.; General Issues, 1855, 10¢ Green, Type IV, #16, used, pos. 76L1 (recut at bottom), four large margins, "slight creases and lightened stain spot", Very Fine appearance, 1990 PF cert. Scott $1,800. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 502		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 503		U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 12¢ With 3¢ Strip on Cover, #17; 11A, 12¢ clear to nice margins all round, tied with 3¢ strip of 3 (#11A) fine, by red Mobile, ALA and NY exchange postmarks on MAR 28 1855 folded cover to Nantes, France, with additional strikes of exchange postmark and "8" French due handstamp, attractive, a Very Fine cover, 2017 PF cert. Scott $1,100+. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 504		U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 12¢ Cover Signed By Queen Victoria, #17, 3½ margin and 2½ margin on double rate cover from Edinburgh, Indiana to London England, franked by 2 pairs #17, docketed in QV's hand on the front "I have not time to read this-what is it all about?", "the stamps and cover with small faults", historic memento, Fine to Very Fine appearance, 2017 PSE and 1964 Mohrmann certs. Scott $1,275 ++. Unique item . Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 505		U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 12¢ Pair on Cover to Ireland, #17, four margins with small tear on top right tied by black Texas cds, red 1854 Liverpool transit pmk., back flap torn, Very Fine appearance, 1989 PF cert. Scott $750. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 506		U.S.; General Issues, 1851, 12¢, Strip of 4 on Cover to England, #17, four margins tied by red grid cancels, red "NEW 6 YORK APR 5" pmk., "cover has been cleaned to remove staining", Fine overall, 2016 PF cert. Estimate $1,300-1,500. View details and photo	Unsold

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