Prices of US Stamps Scott #121: 30c 1869 Pictorial Shield, Eagle and Flags. Page 19

United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 30c ultramarine and carmine, unused without gum, rich color, centered to left, fine, with 2003 PSE cert.

Cherrystone Auctions, Nov 2009, Sale 200911, Lot 3059

U.S. Pioneer Flight, 1919 Jahn special flight cover with parachute, A.A.M.C. Scott #121. #C1 (s.e.) tied on cover by purple Dec. 5, 1919 cancel with Washington D.C. Dec. 5, 12M backstamp, Jahn Aerial Mail Dropping Apparatus marking, Fine to Very Fine. A.A.M.C. $200. Only 134 pieces flown . Estimate value $100.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Oct 2009, Sale 83, Lot 474

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Unused (no gum), bright colors, small thin spot, appears Very Fine

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2009, Sale 976, Lot 1469

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Strong colors, quartered cork cancel, Fine, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2009, Sale 976, Lot 1473

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Wide margins of near Jumbo proportions, cork cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2009, Sale 976, Lot 1472

30c Ultramarine & Carmine, Without Grill (121a). Unused (no gum), tiny natural inclusion speck at top FINE. A FRESH AND ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL WITHOUT GRILL. With 2009 P.S.E. certificate. Scott Retail as with original gum

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2009, Sale 976, Lot 1475

30c Ultramarine & Carmine, Without Grill (Scott 121a). Part original gum which is slightly disturbed (described on accompanying certificate as “original gum”), deep rich colors FINE. A HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL WITHOUT GRILL. Ex Schilling. With 1973 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2009, Sale 976, Lot 1474

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Deep rich colors, choice centering with wide margins, unusual segmented cork cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 1970 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2009, Sale 976, Lot 1471

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Deep rich colors and proof-like impressions, bold strike of segmented cork cancels, unusually choice centering FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. Ex Hansen. With 2002 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95, SMQ value $3,150.00). Only one has graded higher to date (at 95J).

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2009, Sale 976, Lot 1470

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Part original gum, choice centering with wide margins, bright colors VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. With 1981 P.F. certificate as “disturbed original gum” Scott Retail as no gum is $3,000.00

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2009, Sale 975, Lot 1362

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Wide balanced margins, cork cancel, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90, SMQ price $1,250.00)

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2009, Sale 975, Lot 1364

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Jumbo margins, bright color on crisp paper, cork cancel, Extremely Fine, a stamp of massive proportions, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90 Jumbo, SMQ value $1,250.00 as 90, $3,500.00 as 95)

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2009, Sale 975, Lot 1363

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Bright colors, minor perf toning, tied by circular cork cancel and “Pittsburgh Pa. Jul. 14” (1870) duplex datestamp on Phantom Rate cover with printed address to Paris, France, red crayon “18/2” credit applied at New York (no datestamp), red London transit (Jul. 30) and matching “PD” in oval handstamp, Calais transit datestamp, faint Paris receiving backstamp, faint toning along top of cover and skillfully cleaned VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ON A PHANTOM RATE COVER. A MARVELOUS COMBINATION OF PHILATELIC RARITY AND POSTAL HISTORY SIGNIFICANCE. This cover was mailed from Pittsburgh soon after the New York foreign-mail office began applying the newly-reduced (effective 7/1/70) 6c per 10 grams (-1/3 oz.) credit to letters sent fully prepaid to France via England. The sender would not have known about the unannounced prepaid rate to France, so this was probably stamped 30c for a letter weighing just over one ounce (3x 10c Direct rate with French postage collect). The New York office weighed the letter at just under one ounce, thus it had sufficient postage to be sent fully prepaid at the unannounced 10c per half-ounce rate with a 6c credit to G.B. for every -1/3 ounce (10 grams). The “18” of the “18/2” credit represents the 3x 6c credit (20-30 grams), and the “2” represents the second weight class of the 4c per half-ounce U.S. share of postage (over -1/2 oz., up to 1 oz.). Combined, the 18c credit to G.B. and 8c U.S. postage required 26c prepayment, thus the 30c 1869 overpaid the rate by 4c. Illustrated in 1869 PRA Census (p. 201, where the rate is misinterpreted). Ex Lounsbery and Coulter. With 1967 and 2006 P.F. certificates.

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2009, Sale 973, Lot 128

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Used with 10c Yellow (116) and tied by circle of wedges, matching “New York Aug. 19 2PM” circular datestamp on brown linen-lined 1869 cover to Havana, Cuba, blue company handstamp at left, light strike of oval “NA” handstamp, missing side flaps, edgewear affects a few perfs at top, cover somewhat acidified and in need of a skillful paper restorer’s attention FINE. A RARE USE OF THE 30-CENT AND 10-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE FOR THE QUADRUPLE 10-CENT RATE TO CUBA VIA AMERICAN PACKET. From a recent discovery and offered to the collector market for the first time.

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2009, Sale 973, Lot 129

30c Ultramarine & Carmine (Scott 121). Original gum, fresh and bright colors, crisp impressions VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. REMARKABLY BRIGHT AND FRESH COLORS. With 1981 and 2000 P.F. certificates

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Apr 2009, Sale 972, Lot 3122