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1861 First Design and 1861-62 National Bank Note Issue

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1377		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 10¢ Dark Green, First Design, #62B, used, small tear lower left, perf tip crease upper right, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Scott $1,600. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 1378		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 10¢ Dark Green, First Design, Pair, #62B, horizontal, on piece with 1¢ blue (63), canceled two strikes oblong-boxed PAID, 1¢ stamp with upper left corner replaced, right 10¢ with tiny tear at top, remarkably fresh, Fine to Very Fine appearing. Ex. Ishikawa. PF (1993) cert. Scott $3,860. Rare and striking usage of a pair of the 10¢ first design . Estimate $1,000-1,400. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 1379		P U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 1¢ Blue, Plate Proof on India, Block of 4, #63P3//72P3, nine different blocks; #63, 65, 74TC, 76, 68, 69, 78, 71 and 72, all but 3¢ scarlet still on backing card, all very fine with large margins and bright colors. Scott $2,975. Estimate $3,000-3,500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1380		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861-62, 1¢ to 30¢ Fancy Cancel Group, #63//71, consists of #63 (14), 68 (3), 70 (4) and 71 (2), noted red and blue cancels, target, PAID, ms. "R", wedges, negative star, inspect, Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1381		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 1¢ Blue, #63, l.h., Very Fine, PF (2000) cert. Scott $300. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 1382		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Pink, #64, full o.g., brilliant color, perfs just in at top, fresh and about fine, PSE (2007) cert. Scott $14,000. Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1383		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Pink, #64, large part o.g., "toned" though lightly, centered left, scarce, almost Fine. Scott $14,000. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1384		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Pink, #64, town cancel, Fine, PF (2013) cert. Scott $750. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 1385		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Pink, #64, used, "couple small repaired faults", nice reference copy, Fine to Very Fine appearance, PSAG (2015) cert. Scott $750. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 1386		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Pink on Cover, #64, tied by black grid cancel, Van Wert, O. Dec 9 cds, printed corner card for J.H. Kroh, Attorney at Law, to Adrian, O. "small upper left corner abrasion on stamp", still attractive, Fine, APEX (2007) cert. Scott $900. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1387		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Pigeon Blood Pink, #64a, used, "small corner crease at bottom left", a very rare shade, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, PF (2004, 2015) certs. Scott $4,750. Estimate $1,500-1,800. View details and photo	Realized $2,645
Lot 1388		E U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Washington Essay, By Toppan, Carpenter & Co., in Blue, #65-E1b, vignette only, die on green bond, 3 colors, also #73-E4h pair, and similar unlisted 3¢ red printed from wood block of head of Liberty with "EBC", overall Very Fine. Scott $510+. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 1389		E U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ N.B.N.C. "Premiere Gravure" Essay, in Brown Red, #65-E15h, full o.g., complete design, plate on semi-transparent stamp paper, perfed and gummed, Fine to Very Fine, PSAG (2015) cert. Scott $475. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 1390		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Rose on Advertising Cover, #65, tied to small cover by New York, NY and black wedge cancel, ad for Demorest's Illustrated Monthly Fashion magazine, attractive, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1391		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ on Cover With Amherst Mass. Fancy Cancel, #65, incl. sons letter to his father, dated Nov. 21st, 1865, great strike of a Amherst fancy (S/E GE-M 12), opened at left, nice cover, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1392		U.S.; General Issues, 1864 "Devil With Pitchfork" Cancel Cover, on #U58, early third month of use (no. 14 on the Duffney census), great eye appeal with nice strike of the cancel, Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1393		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Fancy Cancel Group, #65, 330+ items, noted colors in green (at least 14), red, magenta, orange, violet, blues (and shades), plus targets, wedges, various PAID, stars, worth a close look, Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 1394		P U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 3¢ Lake, Trial Color Proof, #66TC6, o.g., on stamp paper, o.g., rich color, Fine, PF (1957), PSAG (2012) certs. Scott $2,000. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $661
Lot 1395		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 5¢ Buff, #67, large propeller (partly drawn in), small thin, Fine appearance. Ex. Springer. PF (1989) cert. Scott $950,++. Very rare . Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 1396		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 5¢ Buff Pair on Cover, #67, tied by bold "New York, Oct 1861 14" cds and grid duplex with mis-inserted year date, to Economy, Nova Scotia, red double line oval "United States" struck at right, appropriate backstamps, flap tear, stamps with light even toning and bottom stamp with corner nick, fine and rare use of the 5¢. Ex. Robertson. Estimate $500-650. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 1397		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 5¢ Brown Yellow, #67a, used, Fine, PSAG (2015) cert. Scott $1,100. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1398		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 5¢ Brown Yellow on Cover, #67a, single with minute tear at top, well tied by target, matching "New-York Mar. 4" double circle, on 1862 folded letter to Pictou, Nova Scotia, clear "8d" struck at center with ms. ship endorsement, "Steamer Niagara" at upper left, vertical file fold opposite 5¢ has been internally reinforced, otherwise Fine. Scott $1,150+. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 1399		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 10¢ Yellow Green With 1¢ Blue on Cover, #68; 63, an 1866 21¢ rate to Italy on folded letter sheet, which went through Calais, appropriate Marseille and Palermo back stamps, nice eye appeal, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 1400		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 12¢ Black, #69, l.h., clean and attractive, Fine to Very Fine, PF (1994) cert. Scott $1,800. Estimate $550-700. View details and photo	Realized $633
Lot 1401		() U.S.; General Issues, 1862, 24¢ Brown Lilac, #70a, unused, "filled horiz. thin, tiny tear at top and added perf at upper left", well centered, Very Fine appearance, PSAG (2011) cert. Scott $1,250. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 1402		o U.S.; General Issues, 1862, 24¢ Brown Lilac, #70a, used, Grade 80 Very Fine, PSE (2002) cert. Scott $325. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 1403		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 30¢ Orange, #71, used, lovely copy, Extremely Fine. Scott $190. Estimate $140-160. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 1404		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 30¢ on Advertising Cover to France, #71, tied by blue grid, Cincinnati, O. JAN 14 cds in blue, ad for Burnet House, New York PAID 12 and French transit cancels in red, Paris 2 EVR 67 receiving cancel on reverse, lovely cover, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1405		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 90¢ Blue, #72, o.g., "with a tiny thin spot at top center", rich color, Fine appearance, PF (1996) cert. Scott $3,250. Estimate $450-500. View details and photo	Realized $518
Lot 1406		() U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 90¢ Dark Blue, #72b, unused, "small thin at upper left and four nibbed perfs", Fine appearance, PSAG (2014) cert. Scott $1,600. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $219

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