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o U.S.; General Issues, 1869, 24¢ green & violet, #120. Used, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $700. Estimate $250. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 89, Lot 169 |
US$150.00 |
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o U.S.; General Issues, 1869, 24¢ green & violet, #120. Used, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $700. Estimate $100. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 89, Lot 171 |
US$173.00 |
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o U.S.; General Issues, 1869, 24¢ green & violet, #120. Cork cancel, sound, Fine overall. Scott $700. Estimate price $120. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 89, Lot 170 |
US$161.00 |
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24c Green & Violet (Scott 120). Unused (regummed), well-centered with wide margins, lovely bright colors VERY FINE AND CHOICE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. With 1982 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 1007, Lot 2294 |
US$1,500.00 |
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24c Green & Violet (Scott 120). Original gum, strong colors and sharp impressions FINE. A SCARCE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. The extra wide margins on three sides almost qualify it for a Very Fine grade Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 1007, Lot 2293 |
US$2,000.00 |
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o 1869, 24¢ green & violet (120), nicely centered with bright color and paper, F.-V.F. Scott price $700 Expertization: 2009 PF Certificate. Matthew Bennett International, Mar 2011, Sale 337, Lot 2579 |
US$350.00 |
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1869, 24¢ green & violet (120), well centered, with bright, fresh color and a fine impression, original gum, Very Fine. Scott $9,000 A CHOICE MINT EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE MINT 24¢ 1869 ISSUE, RARELY ENCOUNTERED IN THIS PREMIUM GRADE. Expertization: 1984, 1997 & 2006 PF Certificates, last graded VF 80. Matthew Bennett International, Mar 2011, Sale 336, Lot 1182 |
US$5,500.00 |
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24c Green & Violet (Scott 120). Unusually choice centering with Jumbo margins, light strike of circular datestamp at bottom and with quartered cork cancel at top, vignette clearly visible EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT VALUES OF THE SET TO OBTAIN WITH SUCH WIDE MARGINS. A TRUE CONDITION RARITY. Surviving used examples often show the tendency of postal clerks to zealously cancel high-denomination stamps, which were typically used on mail to foreign countries or on heavy registered letters. The stamp offered here, with Jumbo margins and with the design clearly visible, is a great rarity. With 1981 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 1004, Lot 170 |
US$2,100.00 |
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24c Green & Violet (Scott 120). Block of four, deep rich colors on bright paper, circle of wedges cancel, top left stamp with two small tears at top, other three stamps sound, choice centering throughout EXTREMELY FINE. ARGUABLY THE FINEST AND MOST ATTRACTIVE OF THE SIX RECORDED USED BLOCKS OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. The six recorded used blocks of the 24c 1869, excluding the unique Invert block, are listed here (identified by last known pedigree): 1) ex Rose, VF centering, fancy circle of V’s cancel neatly struck on each stamp, minor wrinkling causing light creasing, top right stamp small margin tear, offered in Siegel Sale 794, 2) ex Bechtel, EF centering, circular cork cancels over each vignette, 3) ex Ishikawa, VF centering, circle of wedges cancel, left stamps few small tears, the block offered here, 4) ex Anderson, Fine centering to top right, circle of wedges cancel, 5) ex Klein, Fine centering to left, quartered cork cancels, light corner crease at bottom right and several rejoined perfs, and 6) ex Lopez, perfs cutting in at right, cork cancels. Ex Ishikawa. With 2010 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 1004, Lot 172 |
US$13,500.00 |
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24c Green & Violet (Scott 120). Choice centering with well-balanced margins, cancelled by red Leaf used on New York Supplementary Mail EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE CANCELLED SOLELY BY THE RED LEAF OF NEW YORK CITY. With 1984 P.F. certificate. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 1004, Lot 171 |
US$1,900.00 |
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24c Green & Violet (Scott 120). Rich colors and detailed impressions, used with 10c Yellow Green, F Grill (96), s.e. at top and tied by quartered corks, magenta “San Francisco Cal. Paid Jul. 30” circular datestamp on blue 1869 folded cover to Lima, Peru, matching “24 cents” credit handstamp, clear strike of “Panama AU 13, 1869” transit datestamp, receiving backstamp, blue “A. Vignier San Francisco” company handstamp, faint horizontal file fold well clear of stamps VERY FINE AND A UNIQUE COMBINATION COVER. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE USED WITH ANY STAMP FROM A PREVIOUS ISSUE. IT IS ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE USED FROM THE WEST COAST AND ADDRESSED TO PERU. ONE OF THE GREATEST 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE COVERS IN EXISTENCE. The stamps on this cover pay the 34c rate to Peru. It was carried by American Packet from San Francisco to Panama, where it entered the British postal system. It was then carried from Panama to Callao on a Pacific Steam Navigation Co. steamer and from there to Lima. The 1869 Census book lists a total of 72 24c 1869 Issue covers, including twelve used with non-1869 Issue stamps. Of these, one is a Postal Stationery item, and the rest are combinations with Bank Note stamps. This is the only 24c 1869 cover with stamps of any previous issue. The cover offered here is not listed in the census, and was overlooked by the authors, probably because it had been off the market for a long period of time. Signed and dated by Stanley Ashbrook in 1955. With 1988 P.F. certificate (two years after the census book was printed) Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 1004, Lot 173 |
US$40,000.00 |
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24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted (Scott 120b). Bright colors, unusually choice centering for this difficult issue, light strike of rosette cancel leaves entire design clearly visible EXTREMELY FINE. THIS STAMP HAS BEEN WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE FINEST USED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT IN EXISTENCE. THE COLORS ARE FRESH, THE MARGINS ARE BALANCED, THE ROSETTE CANCEL IS LIGHT, AND IT IS COMPLETELY SOUND. A TRULY PHENOMENAL STAMP IN EVERY RESPECT. Our published 1869 Invert census (with unpublished updates) contains 89 copies of the perforated 24c Invert, including four unused stamps and used multiples. Of these, only five qualify as “centered” and of these four are either reperfed or have margins added. This stamp stands alone as being sound and centered. Census No. 120b-CAN-C01. Ex Moody, “Ambassador” and Grunin. With 1999 and 2010 P.F. certificates. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 1004, Lot 186 |
US$85,000.00 |
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24c Green & Violet (Scott 120). Horizontal pair, original gum, very lightly hinged, deep rich colors and proof-like impressions, both stamps with choice centering VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM PAIR OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. VERY FEW MULTIPLES OF ANY SIZE ARE KNOWN. Only eight original-gum multiples larger than a pair are recorded. Ex Caspary. With 1974 and 2000 P.F. certificates Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2011, Sale 1004, Lot 169 |
US$20,000.00 |
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United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 24c green and violet, well centered with wide margins, beautiful color, lightly hinged, fresh and fine, scarce in sound condition, with 1999 PFC Cherrystone Auctions, Feb 2011, Sale 201102, Lot 52 |
US$2,800.00 |
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24c Green & Violet (Scott 120). Well-centered, rich colors, bold rosette cancel, corner crease, otherwise Extremely Fine Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2010, Sale 997, Lot 5475 |
US$375.00 |