US Stamps Price Scott 110: 1875 30c Benjamin Franklin Re-issue Without Grill. Page 1

USA (110) 1875 RE-ISSUE OF 1861 ISSUE 30¢ BROWNISH ORANGE (PF GRADED 85) Genuine, original gum, previously hinged. Very fine to extremely fine. Only 346 sold. (2008 PF Graded Cert #465588, VF-XF 85) (Scott Value Guide $8250)

Regency-Superior, Aug 2015, Sale 112, Lot 235

1861-66 (1875 Re-issue), 30¢ brownish orange (Scott 110), small part o.g., pristine example of this rarely offered stamp, with impressive deep rich color and sharp detailed impression, very scarce as only a mere 346 examples were reportedly sold, Fine, with 1994 P.F. certificate. Scott $6,000. Estimate value $2,500 – 3,500.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Aug 2015, Sale 672, Lot 2332

Scott #110, 30c Brownish orange re-issue, well centered and margined though reperforated at right, strong color detailed impression, large part o.g., very fine appearance; only 346 sold; 2008 APS certificate.

Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2015, Sale 151, Lot 95

30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (110). Extraordinary Jumbo margins, rich re-issue color and impression, light quartered-cork cancel, closed tear at top EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT RE-ISSUE OF THE 1861-66 ISSUE. ONLY 22 USED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. Our census of used Scott 110, available at our website, contains only 22 examples, plus one with a non-contemporary cancel. Of these, 14 have faults. Most of the faulty examples have serious defects. Very few copies, either sound or defective, have decent centering. The stamp offered here has margin width all around that is extremely unusual for any of the 30c 1861 printings. Census No. 110-CAN-22. With 2015 P.S.E. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2015, Sale 1106, Lot 3110

1861-66 (1875 Re-issue), 30¢ brownish orange (Scott 110), unused without gum, proof like impression, bright color and very white paper, Fine to Very Fine, 2015 PSE certificate. Scott $2,800. Estimate $1,500 – 2,000.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, May 2015, Sale 669, Lot 2554

30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (Scott 110). Original gum, rich color, single pulled perf at lower left VERY FINE CENTERING. A FRESH AND WELL-CENTERED ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. Only 346 sold.

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Apr 2015, Sale 1096, Lot 208

1861-66 (1875 Re-issue), 30¢ brownish orange. Duplex cancel, distinctive deep rich brownish orange color; small faint and virtually indiscernible corner crease at top right and small microscopic closed tear at bottom right, Fine appearance, with 1984, 1990 and 2004 P.F. certificates (with 1984 certificate not mentioning crease and 1990 certificate not noting tear). Scott No. 110; $25,000. AN ATTRACTIVE AND RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 30¢ RE-ISSUE. WITH ONLY FOURTEEN USED EXAMPLES RECORDED. According to the Siegel census, only fourteen used examples of the 30¢ Re-issue are recorded. With eight examples known to have faults, most of these have serious flaws and only a very few examples having decent centering.

Schuyler J. Rumsey Philatelic Auctions, Apr 2015, Sale 60, Lot 2079

United States 1875 Re-Issue of the 1861-66 Issue 1875 30c brownish orange, well centered with wide margins, fresh color, v.f., with clear 1999 PFC and 2010 graded (VF-XF 85) PSE (stating rather harshly “heavily sweated disturbed o.g.”), only 346 issued

Cherrystone Auctions, Mar 2015, Sale 201503, Lot 6

o 1875 Re-issue of 1861-67 issue, 30¢ brownish orange (110), very well centered, especially for the 30¢, excellent color,bold strike duplex cancel. Very Fine. Scott price $25,000 A CHOICE USED EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE TWO FINEST CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION. Expertization: 1984 P.F. Certificate. Provenance: Twigg-Smith. The 30¢ re-issue, as with most of the others from this re-issue group is exceedingly rare used. The 30¢ is also especially difficult to locate well centered, given the narrow spacing at the sides. A review of the Philatelic Foundation records yields only about 20 used examples, of which only 6 are sound. The present example, and one other, a virtual twin, are the only ones which we can call well centered.

Matthew Bennett International, Feb 2015, Sale 351, Lot 92

USA (Scott 110) 1875 RE-ISSUE OF 1861 ISSUE 30¢ BROWNISH ORANGE Rich color, slightly disturbed original gum, brushed over a tiny thin at right, fine appearance. (2014 PSE Cert #01290209) Cat $6000.

Regency-Superior, Jan 2015, Sale 109, Lot 728

30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (Scott 110). Original gum, deep rich color on bright paper VERY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. Only 346 sold. With 2004 and 2014 P.F. certificates.

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2014, Sale 1090, Lot 1255

1861-66 (1875 Re-issue), 30¢ brownish orange (Scott 110), unused without gum, decent example of this scarce 1875 re-issue, with appealing rich color, available at a very affordable price; couple nibbed perforations along left and top margins, otherwise Fine, only 346 examples were reportedly sold. Scott $2,800. Estimate price $1,000 – 1,500.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Dec 2014, Sale 661, Lot 114

1861-66 (1875 Re-issue), 30¢ brownish orange (Scott 110), expertly regummed, choice example with dynamite rich color, much more intense than normally encountered on this issue, an extremely elusive 1875 re-issue as only a mere 346 examples were reportedly sold; single slightly shorter perforation at the right, otherwise Fine, 2014 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $2,800 for no gum. Estimate value $1,500 – 2,000.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Dec 2014, Sale 661, Lot 113

30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (110). Rich color on bright paper, bold strike of New York “4” oval grid cancel, single short perf at top is barely noticeable due to placement of the cancel VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. ONLY 21 USED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. The 30c Re-Issue was printed from the original plate of 200 subjects. 10,000 stamps were printed (50 impressions). Only 346 of the 30c were sold; the remaining 9,654 were destroyed on July 16, 1884. Our census of Scott 110 used, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/110/110.pdf , records only 21 copies (including one in the Benjamin K. Miller collection at The New York Public Library). Of these only four are confirmed as sound. The narrow space between stamps resulted in most copies with perforations touching or cutting into the design. Census No. 110-CAN-13. With 1990 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1084, Lot 3308

110, 1875 30c Brownish orange re-issue, unused, Fine, only 346 issued, 2014 PSE certificate (Scott value $3,000)

H.R. Harmer, Oct 2014, Sale 3006, Lot 1161