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USA (Scott 278) 1895 MARSHALL $5 DARK GREEN Fresh color, lightly canceled for this, thin upper left, fine appearance. (2010 PSE Cert #01221941) Regency-Superior, Nov 2014, Sale 108, Lot 573 |
US$150.00 |
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USA (Scott 278) 1895 MARSHALL $5 DARK GREEN Very attractive example of this surprisingly elusive high value. Very fine plus, with light face free registry cancel. (1986 PF Cert #161594) Cat value $625. Regency-Superior, Nov 2014, Sale 108, Lot 572 |
US$350.00 |
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$5.00 Dark Green (278). Block of eight, block of four and pair, first two natural s.e. at left, used with $1.00 Black, Ty. I (276), 3c Purple (268), 10c Orange Brown, Ty. I (282C) and pair of 15c Olive Green (284), tied by “New York Reg” oval cancels on piece, 3c perfs trimmed, couple light horizontal creases, one $5.00 small tear at bottom VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE USED MULTIPLE AS PART OF $71.43 IN POSTAGE. THIS MAY BE THE LARGEST USED MULTIPLE OF THE $5.00 1895 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IN EXISTENCE. Using an inflation calculator, the $71.43 in postage in 1898 is the equivalent of $1,758.15 in today’s money. We can only speculate as to what such a valuable package may have contained. Linn’s U.S. Stamp Facts notes that the largest used multiple is a block of four, so the editors must have been unaware of this multiple. Ex Whitpain. Scott Retail as three blocks of four and two singles Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1084, Lot 3637 |
US$3,000.00 |
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$5.00 Dark Green (Scott 278). Face-free cancel, well-balanced margins, small thin spots at bottom, Very Fine appearance Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1084, Lot 3635 |
US$180.00 |
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$5.00 Dark Green (Scott 278). Choice centering with wide margins, pretty shade, face-free cancel leaves entire design clearly visible, Extremely Fine, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ value $1,250.00) Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1084, Lot 3634 |
US$950.00 |
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$5.00 Dark Green (Scott 278). Original gum, rich color on crisp paper, fresh and Very Fine, with 1995 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1084, Lot 3631 |
US$750.00 |
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$5.00 Dark Green (Scott 278). Wide margins for this difficult issue with precise centering, rich color and detailed impression on bright paper, long and full perforations all around, light strike of oval registry cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1895 $5.00 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. — THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED. The $5.00 stamps were generally used on heavy parcels, high-value registered covers or philatelic covers. Heavy parcels and registered package wrappers were usually discarded, and the high-denomination stamps were typically heavily cancelled. Only one cover is known bearing this issue — a philatelic registered use to Bohemia with a single stamp cancelled by a circular datestamp. The stamp offered here, cancelled by an oval registry, with perfect centering and in pristine condition, is truly remarkable. Ex Natalee Grace. With 2000 P.F. and 2009 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98; SMQ $11,000.00). This is the highest grade awarded and it is shared by only two others Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1084, Lot 3632 |
US$6,000.00 |
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278, 1895 $5 Dark green, portion of a duplex cancel, intense color, unusually well centered single, pink hand stamp in bottom left corner bleeds through to the front, Very Fine appearance; an eye-catching example of this high value; signed Jakubek, 2014 PSE Graded VG 50 certificate (Scott value $625) H.R. Harmer, Oct 2014, Sale 3006, Lot 1294 |
US$260.00 |
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278, 1895 $5 Dark green,light double oval registry cancel, bright color, 2011 PSE Graded VF 80 certificate (Scott value $625) H.R. Harmer, Oct 2014, Sale 3006, Lot 1293 |
US$525.00 |
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1895, $5 dark green (Scott 278), disturbed o.g., well centered with intense color, a very impressive appearing example; small thin spot only shows in fluid, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $2,000. Estimate $600 – 800. Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Oct 2014, Sale 660, Lot 2265 |
US$550.00 |
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1895, $5 dark green (Scott 278), impressive face free black cancellation, a striking and choice top quality stamp with bold color and sharp detailed impression, a great stamp, Extremely Fine, 2014 P.S.E. certificate graded XF-90 (1 of 22 examples at this grade, with only 8 others grading higher). SMQ $1,250 in the grade of XF-90. Scott $625. Estimate $1,000 – 1,500. Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Oct 2014, Sale 660, Lot 2266 |
US$1,000.00 |
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$5.00 Dark Green (Scott 278). Original gum, redistributed over small thins, choice centering, Very Fine appearance Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2014, Sale 1082, Lot 420 |
US$425.00 |
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$5.00 Dark Green (Scott 278). Unobtrusive cancel, wide margins, Extremely Fine, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85; SMQ price $750.00) Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 410 |
US$750.00 |
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o U.S. General Issues, 1895, $5 Dark Green, #278, used, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $625. Estimate value $200-250. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Aug 2014, Sale 102, Lot 1918 |
US$173.00 |
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o U.S. General Issues, 1895, $5 Dark Green, #278, used, small stain at left on reverse, Very Fine appearance. Scott $625. Estimate $150-170. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Aug 2014, Sale 102, Lot 1919 |
US$184.00 |