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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Ample to large margins, red grid cancels, Very Fine and choice, with 1988 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1108 |
US$325.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Unused (no gum), large and even margins, rich color, accompanying certificate notes light vertical crease at bottom which is more of a natural paper wrinkle, Very Fine appearance, with 1973 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1107 |
US$1,100.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Large margins to in at right, bold red Binghamton Herringbone cancel, tiny pinhole at bottom right, Very Fine strike of this rare and desirable fancy cancel, ex Stollnitz, with 1970 and 1996 P.F. certificates Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1115 |
US$150.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Clear to full margins, rich color, clearly struck Brattleboro Vt. red 13-bar grid in circle cancel, Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1114 |
US$275.00 |
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5c Red Brown, Dot in “S” (Scott 1). Clear margins to barely touched at top, red grid cancel, Fine, this plate variety is known to occur in the ninth vertical row of the left pane and varies in intensity from top to bottom with the top positions more pronounced, with 2012 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1113 |
US$300.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Rich color, large even margins, neat strike of red New York square grid cancel, tiny thin speck at top, Very Fine appearance, with 2003 clear P.S.E. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1112 |
US$275.00 |
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5c Brown (Scott 1). Ample to very large margins, deep rich color and clear impression, neat red grid cancel, Very Fine and choice Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1111 |
US$275.00 |
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5c Brown (Scott 1). Ample to large margins, beautiful fresh color with sharp impression, light red cancel, small manuscript mark in left margin (probably ink from address), Very Fine Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1110 |
US$425.00 |
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5c Brown Orange (Scott 1d). Bright color in this better shade, full to large margins three sides, just clear at top, trace of adjoining stamp at bottom, neat strike of blue circular grid cancel, Fine, with 2012 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1119 |
US$600.00 |
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5c Brown Orange (Scott 1d). Large margins to clear, radiant color nicely complemented by blue criss-crossed grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 2010 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1118 |
US$1,500.00 |
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5c Orange Brown (Scott 1b). Full margins to just clear at bottom, deep rich color, mostly face-free blue cancel, Fine and attractive, with 2012 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1117 |
US$375.00 |
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5c Orange Brown (Scott 1b). Full margins to clear, attractive warm shade nicely complemented by red grid cancel, fresh and Fine, with 1998 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1026, Lot 1116 |
US$550.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Position 91L1 with huge bottom left corner sheet margins, 11mm at left and 12-1/2mm at bottom, large margins other sides, brilliant color, neat strike of red grid cancel, trivial corner crease at bottom left of sheet margin EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING CORNER-MARGIN COPY OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE. EXTREMELY RARE WITH SUCH LARGE SHEET MARGINS, ESPECIALLY IN SOUND CONDITION. THIS IS EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST USED EXAMPLES OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN EXISTENCE. For a variety of reasons, very few examples of the 5c 1847 Issue with corner sheet margins exist. To begin, only four outer corner positions on the full plate of 200 and four additional positions from the interior columns (separated by a gutter) could produce stamps with corner sheet margins. When the stamps were affixed to letters or envelopes, the sheet margins were often trimmed off, presumably to make the stamp fit on the envelope without covering up the address. Corner-margin stamps surviving from this small original supply are very rare, regardless of condition. Of the dozen or so full-size sheet-margin copies we have located, most seem to have flaws either in the sheet margin close to the stamp or in the stamp itself. Two circumstances of production and use are logical causes for these flaws. First, during production the stamps’ proximity to the edge of the sheet left them prone to creasing, pre-printing paperfolds or other handling flaws during the printing, gumming and distribution process. Second, during the normal course of use the large size of corner-margin stamps makes them more susceptible to flaws caused by handling. Everyone — from the postal clerk selling the stamp, to the correspondent affixing the stamp, to the collectors who used fingers or tongs to move the stamp — presented the potential for damage. The example offered here, with bright color, a neat red cancel that leaves the design clearly visible, and only a trivial corner crease in the sheet margin, is one of the finest corner-margin copies of the 5c 1847 extant. Ex Dick (“DeLuxe” Collection, Siegel Sale 189, April 19, 1956). With 1989 P.F. certificate. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1024, Lot 1 |
US$13,250.00 |
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5c Walnut Brown (Scott 1a). Huge margins to full, wonderful intense color and impression in a deep dark shade identified on accompanying certificate as “Ridgway Walnut Brown”, tied by multiple strikes (we counted ten) of “Alexandria Va. Sep. 10” circular datestamp, additional clear strike at right, on 1848 folded letter to New York, stamp lifted and hinged back in place to allow for more accurate determination of the shade and condition EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE WALNUT BROWN SHADE OF THE 1847 ISSUE ON COVER. THIS IS ONE OF THE SCARCEST SHADES OF THE 1847 ISSUE, AND VERY FEW ARE KNOWN ON COVER. THE COMBINATION OF AN UNUSUAL SHADE AND THESE DISTINCTIVE CANCELS FORM A MEMORABLE COVER. According to an article by Calvet M. Hahn in the May-June 1986 Collector’s Club Philatelist (p. 209), this shade comes from the First Printing. It appears to be a more intense variation of the Dark Brown shade, and he notes it is “quite distinctive.” The article mentions this cover, a pair off cover (ex Grunin, also used from Alexandria), one on cover from Hartford Conn. and one on cover from Philadelphia to England. Ex Ishikawa and Hackmey. With 2010 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1024, Lot 9 |
US$9,500.00 |
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5c Brown (1). Full even margins all around, crisp shade and detailed impression, bold strike of black grid cancel, Very Fine, with 1985 P.F. certificate as Dark Brown (Scott 1a), but in our opinion this is the Brown shade Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2012, Sale 1024, Lot 7 |
US$325.00 |