Values of US Stamps Scott Cat. 39 – 90c 1860 George Washington. Page 12

90c Sepia, Large Die Trial Color Proof on India (39TC1). On 88 x 129mm card with full die sinkage, bright color, manuscript on back reads “Head of Washington from Trumbull’s full length portrait at Yale College”, small nick at bottom left of card VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE LARGE DIE TRIAL COLOR PROOF OF THE 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE. Ex Lake Shore. With 2007 P.F. certificate. Scott Catalogue only lists the Black and Brown Orange shades as large die proofs. We have only sold two in Black since keeping computerized records. Scott Retail as one of the listed colors.

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1000, Lot 1012

90c Blue (Scott 39). Block of four, original gum with small hinge remnants and some slight disturbance from hinge removal, deep rich color, choice centering and well-balanced margins, hinge removal has caused some small patches of missing gum and a few tiny thin specks which show in fluid, bottom left stamp has small scuffed spot at lower left (probably from adherence) VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE. Ex Hetherington and Klein. With 1970 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1000, Lot 1029

90c Blue (Scott 39). Block of four, original gum, h.r., rich color, top right stamp small thin spot at bottom left corner VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE. Ex Waterhouse. With 1991 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1000, Lot 1028

90c Blue (39). Block of nine, original gum, few hinge remnants where minor perf separations sensibly reinforced, rich color and bright fresh paper, bottom left stamp has corner crease ending in small tear, same stamp and adjoining stamp at bottom center have small thin specks, two other lefthand stamps have faint diagonal gum crease VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCKS OF NINE OF THE 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE. A SPECTACULAR 19TH CENTURY UNITED STATES BLOCK. The 90c stamp was issued in 1860, along with the 24c and 30c values, all of which were needed to prepay high international letter rates established by various postal treaties. When supplies of current postage stamps were declared invalid in the South and ultimately demonetized by the Federal government, the 90c had been in use for only one year. Most unused multiples probably come from supplies recovered from Southern post offices. There are three recorded original-gum blocks of nine of the 90c 1860 Issue, which survive as the largest recorded multiples following the division of the Caspary block of 21. The Caspary block (lot 817 in the 1956 sale) comprised Positions 43-49/53-59/63-69R, and it was still intact when it was part of the B. D. Phillips collection, which the Weills acquired for $4.07 million in 1968. Sometime after 1968 this block was divided into a block of nine from the center, two blocks of four from the bottom left and bottom right corners, and singles or pairs from the top left and top right corners. The block of nine (Positions 45-47/65-67R) remains intact in an important East Coast collection, and it is the finest block known (the center horizontal row is Mint N.H.). The bottom left block of four (53-54/63-64R) from the Caspary block was sold in the 1993 Ishikawa auction and shortly thereafter broken into singles by a dealer (the top right stamp from this block is Mint N.H.). The bottom right block (58-59/68-69R) from the Caspary block was last sold by the Siegel firm in our auction of the Alan B. Whitman collection (lot 54, realized $95,000 hammer) and remains intact. The second surviving block of nine (offered in lot 1026 of this sale) was also in the 1956 Caspary sale (lot 816), where it was acquired by the Weills for B. D. Phillips. It appeared in the Siegel 1969 Rarities of the World sale, the first Rarities sale following the Weills’ acquisition of the Phillips collection (this sale contained an array of stellar pieces from the collection). In March 1987 the block surfaced in Switzerland at a Corinphila auction, where it was acquired by Peter G. DuPuy. The third recorded block of nine is the block offered here. We have been unable to trace its pedigree beyond the 1976 Siegel auction of the Rudolf Wunderlich collection of 1851-57’s (Sale 484, lot 346). This block was acquired by Mr. DuPuy in an April 2000 general sale held by Shreves. Ex Wunderlich. Scott Retail as block of four, two pairs and a single

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1000, Lot 1027

90c Blue (39). Block of nine, original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color and proof-like impression, bright fresh paper, exceptionally choice centering and well-balanced margins throughout, trivial natural gum bend in left vertical row, few perf separations sensibly reinforced with hinge slivers EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCKS OF NINE OF THE 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE. AN IMPORTANT CLASSIC UNITED STATES BLOCK. The 90c stamp was issued in 1860, along with the 24c and 30c values, all of which were needed to prepay high international letter rates established by various postal treaties. When supplies of current postage stamps were declared invalid in the South and ultimately demonetized by the Federal government, the 90c had been in use for only one year. Most unused multiples probably come from supplies recovered from Southern post offices. There are three recorded original-gum blocks of nine of the 90c 1860 Issue, which survive as the largest recorded multiples following the division of the Caspary block of 21. The Caspary block (lot 817 in the 1956 sale) comprised Positions 43-49/53-59/63-69R, and it was still intact when it was part of the B. D. Phillips collection, which the Weills acquired for $4.07 million in 1968. Sometime after 1968 this block was divided into a block of nine from the center, two blocks of four from the bottom left and bottom right corners, and singles or pairs from the top left and top right corners. The block of nine (Positions 45-47/65-67R) remains intact in an important East Coast collection, and it is the finest block known (the center horizontal row is Mint N.H.). The bottom left block of four (53-54/63-64R) from the Caspary block was sold in the 1993 Ishikawa auction and shortly thereafter broken into singles by a dealer (the top right stamp from this block is Mint N.H.). The bottom right block (58-59/68-69R) from the Caspary block was last sold by the Siegel firm in our auction of the Alan B. Whitman collection (lot 54, realized $95,000 hammer) and remains intact. The block of nine offered here was also in the 1956 Caspary sale (lot 816), where it was acquired by the Weills for B. D. Phillips. It appeared in the Siegel 1969 Rarities of the World sale, the first Rarities sale following the Weills’ acquisition of the Phillips collection (this sale contained an array of stellar pieces from the collection). In March 1987 the block surfaced in Switzerland at a Corinphila auction, where it was acquired by Peter G. DuPuy. The third recorded block of nine is offered in lot 1027 of this sale. We have been unable to trace its pedigree beyond the 1976 Siegel auction of the Rudolf Wunderlich collection of 1851-57’s (Sale 484, lot 346). That block was acquired by Mr. DuPuy in an April 2000 general sale held by Shreves. Ex Caspary and B. D. Phillips. With 1987 P.F. certificate which states that “it is genuine previously hinged”. Scott Retail as block of four, two pairs and single

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1000, Lot 1026

90c Blue (39). Rich color, tied by unusual red circle of diamonds fancy cancel of New Haven Conn. on small piece with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), tiny tears at top of 90c stamp which are mostly masked by the red cancel, 3c stamp few clipped perfs VERY FINE APPEARANCE AND EXTREMELY RARE USED ON PIECE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE WITH A FANCY CANCEL. This 90c stamp on piece was the subject of an article by Thomas J. Alexander in Opinions II: Philatelic Expertizing – An Insider’s View, published by the Philatelic Foundation in 1984. The cancel is known on a cover from New Haven Conn. With 1983 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as used with no premium for the piece or use with the 3c stamp

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1000, Lot 1034

90c Blue (Scott 39). Rich color, cancelled by blue Baltimore Md. circular datestamp, repaired, reperfed and with toned spot, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce stamp in used condition, with 1989 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1000, Lot 1032

90c 1860 Issue, Trial Color Plate Proofs on Wove (39TC5). Two pairs and seven singles, large margins all around, all Scott-listed colors represented incl. Dark Green, Orange Red, Sepia, Rose Lake, Brown Orange, Dark Violet Brown, Black is more of a Gray Black, few trivial flaws, Very Fine and desirable group, Scott Retail as singles

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1000, Lot 1013

United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 90c large die trial color proof in black, showing full die sinkage, v.f. and scarce

Cherrystone Auctions, Nov 2010, Sale 201011, Lot 59

90c Blue (Scott 39). Rich color, ruled magenta ms. crossed lines, Fine, the 1857-60 stamps with this pen obliteration are considered to be specimens

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2010, Sale 997, Lot 5291

90c Blue (Scott 39). Original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color, single nibbed perf at left, otherwise fresh and Fine, with 1983 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2010, Sale 997, Lot 5292

90c Blue (Scott 39). Unused (no gum), rich color and attractive margins, Fine, with 2008 A.P.S. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2010, Sale 997, Lot 5293

90c Blue (Scott 39). Unused (no gum), rich color, margins wide to ample, reperfed at left, Very Fine appearance, with 1979 P.F. certificate not mentioning the reperfing

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2010, Sale 997, Lot 5294

90c Blue (Scott 39). Light strike of red grid cancel, reperfed at right where there is also a small sealed tear, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce stamp in used condition, with 2010 P.F. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2010, Sale 997, Lot 5295

U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 90¢ blue, Scott #39. “it is genuine with a fake red grid cancel and two pulled perforations at bottom”, attractive item, Fine to Very Fine, PSAG (2010) cert. Estimate $200.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Oct 2010, Sale 87, Lot 114