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USA (Scott 78b) 1862 WASHINGTON 24¢ GRAY Choice gem, fresh color, light black cork cancel, superb beauty. (2014 PSE Cert #01283763) Cat $450. Regency-Superior, Aug 2015, Sale 112, Lot 183 |
US$700.00 |
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USA (Scott 78a) 1862 WASHINGTON 24¢ GRAYISH LILAC Genuine shade, light black target cancel, very fine. (2008 PF Cert #470420) Cat value $425. Regency-Superior, Aug 2015, Sale 112, Lot 182 |
US$450.00 |
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USA (Scott 78) 1862 WASHINGTON 24¢ LILAC Light cancel & some perf faults. Otherwise very fine. Cat value $350. Regency-Superior, Aug 2015, Sale 112, Lot 181 |
US$100.00 |
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USA (78) 1862 WASHINGTON 24¢ DARK LILAC An interesting situation, according to the 1990 PSE Cert this is the rare Scott #78c 24¢ blackish violet (cats $20,000), ‘genuine used with black cork cancel,’ but we believe it as #78 24¢ dark lilac, and offer the stamp as such. Extremely fine and attractive. (Copy of 1990 PSE Cert #15468) Cat price $350. Regency-Superior, Aug 2015, Sale 112, Lot 180 |
US$1,150.00 |
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o U.S.; General Issues, 1863, 24¢ Lilac, Block of 4, #78, used, “light horiz. crease at top of top pair”, Fine, PSAG (2015) cert. Scott $2,750. Estimate $400-500. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Aug 2015, Sale 106, Lot 1417 |
US$604.00 |
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1863, 24¢ lilac (Scott 78), left margin block of 4, o.g., small hinge remnant, extraordinary fresh mint block of four with the most brilliant color we have ever seen on this issue, a magnificent multiple with gleaming fresh full original gum in a fabulous state of preservation, quite possibly the finest remaining mint intact block; bottom right stamp with a single short perf along right side, Very Good to Fine, with 2014 P.S.E. certificate graded VG 50. Scott $18,000. Estimate value $3,000 – 4,000. Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Aug 2015, Sale 672, Lot 2272 |
US$2,500.00 |
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24c Dark Grayish Lilac (78a). Intense color very reminiscent of the rare Blackish Violet shade (78c, Scott Retail $20,000.00), in fact the 2002 P.F. certificate which accompanies identifies it as 78c and it has been listed in our census of that stamp as 78c-CAN-05, neat strike of target cancel, three well-proportioned margins, extra wide margin at top, Very Fine, ex Hoffner, with 2002 P.F. certificate as 78c, with 2014 P.F. certificate as 78a, Dark Grayish Lilac Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jul 2015, Sale 1107, Lot 136 |
US$800.00 |
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United States 1861-66 Issue 1861 24c lilac, l.h., well centered for this difficult issue, trace of gum residue at top left, still fresh and fine stamp, with 2015 PFC Cherrystone Auctions, Jul 2015, Sale 201507, Lot 2039 |
US$1,200.00 |
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United States 1861-66 Issue 1861 24c gray, unused without gum, fine, with 2015 PFC Cherrystone Auctions, Jul 2015, Sale 201507, Lot 2040 |
US$475.00 |
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Scott #78b, 24c Gray, an attractive fresh mint single centered to left, disturbed o.g., fine; 2015 PSE certificate. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2015, Sale 151, Lot 76 |
US$500.00 |
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Scott #78, 24c Lilac, handsome used single being well centered within generous margins, remarkable excellent deep color in the dark lilac shade, quartered cork cancel, extremely fine; 2015 PF certificate. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2015, Sale 151, Lot 75 |
US$280.00 |
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24c Lilac (Scott 78). used with 1c Blue (63) and 3c Rose (65), each tied by well-struck strike of Clover Leaf fancy cancel on 1866 cover to Furth, Bavaria, printed address and routing instructions, sender’s directive to go by steamer Fulton, red “N. York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Apr. 14” credit datestamp, blue boxed “Aachen Franco” transit datestamp, receiving backstamp, minor wear at top from opening VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL THREE-COLOR 1861 ISSUE FRANKING TIED BY CLOVER LEAF FANCY CANCEL ON A COVER TO GERMANY. Examples of pictorial fancy cancels applied at the New York foreign-mail exchange office are very rare and unusual. The Horse Head, Union Soldier’s Head and this Clover Leaf come to mind. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2015, Sale 1106, Lot 3098 |
US$6,250.00 |
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24c Grayish Lilac (Scott 78a). Original gum, small h.r., radiant color and detailed impression, Very Fine, ex Laila, Hampshire and Curtis, with 2000 and 2014 P.F. certificates (F-VF 75) Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2015, Sale 1100, Lot 16 |
US$1,700.00 |
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78, 1862 24c Lilac,exquisite impression, unused, small thin, Fine centering (Scott price $950) H.R. Harmer, Jun 2015, Sale 3007, Lot 3150 |
US$140.00 |
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78, 1862 24c Lilac,group of four stamps with fancy geometric cancels, two with red cancels, a few small faults, VG-F centering (Scott value $1,450) H.R. Harmer, Jun 2015, Sale 3007, Lot 3148 |
US$180.00 |