Cost of US Stamps Scott Cat. #546 – 1921 2c George Washington Rotary Perf 11. Page 3

United States 1910-30 Issues 1921 2c carmine rose, type III, block of four, well centered, h.r., v.f., with 2004 PSE cert.

Cherrystone Auctions, Sep 2013, Sale 201309, Lot 19

546, 1921 2c Carmine rose,block of four, NH, almost Fine, 2013 PSE Certificate (Scott value $920 for singles)

H.R. Harmer, Jun 2013, Sale 3003, Lot 1392

U.S.; General Issues, 1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste, plate block of 4, #546. N.h., #12513, Very Good to Fine. Scott $1,300. Estimate price $150.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, May 2013, Sale 97, Lot 399

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Rotary (Scott 546). Mint N.H., vivid color on fresh paper, Extremely Fine, with copy of 1978 P.F. certificate for block

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, May 2013, Sale 1044, Lot 310

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Rotary (546). Mint N.H. block of four, deep rich color, light natural gum bends, Fine, Scott Retail as singles

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2013, Sale 1040, Lot 1955

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Rotary (Scott 546). Mint N.H. top plate no. 13651 block of six, brilliant color, perfs scissors-separated and intact at right, fresh and Fine Mint N.H. plate block

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2013, Sale 1040, Lot 1954

1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste (Scott 546), o.g., never hinged, extremely fresh and choice mint stamp with strong color, Very Fine, with photocopy of 1993 P.F. certificate for block of 8, from which this stamp was taken, this being Pos. #7 of 8 from the block. Scott $230. Estimate price $150 – 200.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Dec 2012, Sale 633, Lot 931

1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste (Scott 546), o.g., never hinged, brilliant fresh example, nicely centered for this notoriously difficult stamp, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, 1997 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $230. Estimate value $200 – 300.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Dec 2012, Sale 633, Lot 930

1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste (Scott 546), o.g., never hinged, immaculate well centered example, with bold color and nicely balanced margins, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, 1998 P.F. certificate. Scott $230. Estimate price $200 – 300.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Dec 2012, Sale 633, Lot 929

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Rotary (Scott 546). Mint N.H., rich color, Very Fine and choice, with 2011 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85, SMQ $335.00)

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2012, Sale 1033, Lot 4246

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Rotary (546). Almost perfect centering, radiant color, light totally face-free cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, a superb used example of Scott 546 which has been graded XF-Superb 95 by P.S.E. — this is the highest grade awarded, with 2011 P.F. and 2009 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95, SMQ price $880.00), this is the highest grade awarded and no others share this grade

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2012, Sale 1032, Lot 3637

1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste (Scott 546), absolutely gorgeous GEM quality example of this terribly difficult coil waste issue, with brilliant color, an extraordinary showpiece, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine, 2005 P.F. certificate. Scott $230. Estimate price $350 – 500.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Oct 2012, Sale 632, Lot 1403

1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste (Scott 546), excellent top quality stamp, with extra large margins and warm rich color, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Scott $230. Estimate value $200 – 300.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Oct 2012, Sale 632, Lot 1404

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Perf 10 on Left Side (546a). Brilliant color, neat machine slogan cancel, centered to left FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED USED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT ROTARY WASTE ISSUE PERF 10 AT LEFT. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL ROTARY PRESS ISSUES. Scott 546 is a rotary press printing originally intended to produce coil stamps. At the beginning or end of the roll of printed stamps, a quantity of waste remained after the coils were produced. The Bureau devised a plan to salvage this waste by cutting the excess into panes and perforating them on all sides. These were originally issued in panes of 170, but later were issued in panes of 100 and 70. Unlike the earlier coil waste issues (Scott 538-541), Scott 546 was not perforated in one direction on the rotary press, but was perforated with the 11-guage perfs in both directions on the flat plate perforating machine. In this case, the Perf 10 on One Side variety coincided with the coil waste production. Our records of Scott 546a contain this unique used single and four unused as follows: 1-2) two contained in a block of eight (ex Wagshal and Sirron) and 3-4) two examples of the error in strips of four (one ex Grunin and Schilling). This is also the only vertical-format stamp which is Perf 10 on One Side rather than at top and bottom. With 2000 P.F. certificate.

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2012, Sale 1028, Lot 460

2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III, Rotary (Scott 546). Vibrant color as fresh as the day it was printed, choice centering with balanced margins, face-free strike of registry oval cancel, fresh and Extremely Fine, according to Johl “most collectors and dealers entirely overlooked this variety and most of the stamps served their postal needs and were destroyed. Used copies are almost as scarce as the stamps in mint condition and well centered specimens quite hard to find”, Armstrong also notes that the centering is normally exceptionally poor, since the sheets were manually fed into the flat plate perforator as opposed to machine fed into the rotary perforator, and the sheets had a natural tendency to curl, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85, SMQ value $225.00), only two have graded higher to date and only three others share this grade

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2012, Sale 1028, Lot 462