Sale 88: The Sescal Sale

Lot 1010 o   

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II, large to huge margins, beautiful color on bright paper, cancelled by partial Mobile Ala. cds, fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 10A    $140.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1011 o   

1851-57 3¢ Issue Color & Plate Studies, includes Color Study By Year of 69 stamps arranged on printed cards by Dr. Amonette, includes 10 #10s with shades of pale-deep orange brown, copperish, yellowish, reddish, bright, an experimental orange brown, #11's with the array of shades including and a plum, also a simple study of 7 stamps by year and a study of an example from each of the 13 plates; all with handstamped cancels and mostly 4 margin examples throughout, some faults to be expected, Very Fine, a very desirable study and one of the finer studies by Dr. Amonette.
Scott No. 10-11A    Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

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Realized: $6,750

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Lot 1012    

1852, 3¢ Issue, Plate 1-8 Reconstructions, near complete reconstruction of plates 1-8 for left and right panes comprising 1L, 2L, 3, 4, 5L, 6, 7, 8 utilizing #11-11A's for a total of 1590 different positions out of 1600 (99.4% complete), mostly singles and some pairs, lacking only 53L6, 88L6, 94L6, 57R6, 77R6, 82R6, 58R7, 34R8, 24R8 and 75R8 (#25 presented), plus there are duplicates for plates 1L, 2L and 3; condition varies with overall generally the norm for plating material, generally Fine or better.
Scott No. 11/11A; $23,850    Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.

Realized: $10,500

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Lot 1013    

1851 3¢ Issue Calendar, mounted in calendar format of the year 1856, with each bearing a clear central date stamp for 365 days of the year, missing only Feb 29th (The year 1856 was leap year), each stamp hand-selected with many showing a upright date, with a few duplicates, Very Fine for this, a nice near complete 3¢ calendar.
Scott No. 11-11A    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

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Realized: $1,600

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Lot 1014 o   

1851 3¢ Calendar Collection, complete set of 366 stamps with clear date postmarks mounted on stockbook pages, including Jan. 1, Feb. 29, Jul. 4 and Dec. 25, includes a couple ob's, some faults and cut margins but clear strikes throughout, very unusual and difficult to assemble; stamps catalog over $5,690., F.-V.F.
Scott No. 11/11A    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

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Realized: $1,250

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Lot 1015 o   

1854-55, 3¢ rose red, type II, position 80R2L, neat town cancel, large to mostly huge margins, rich deep rose red color, Extremely Fine to Superb, a beautiful gem; with 2008 and 2013 P.F. certificates, the latter Graded (XF-Sup 95, SMQ $250).
Scott No. 11A    $15.

Realized: $180

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Lot 1016 o   

1855, 10¢ green, type II, town cancel, large margins all around, rich vibrant color, Extremely Fine; with 1988 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 14    $140.

Realized: $210

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Lot 1017 o   

1855, 10¢ green, type III, town cancel, rich deep color, large well balanced margins, Extremely Fine, choice so nice; with 1985 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 15    $140.

Realized: $110

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Lot 1018 o   

1855, 10¢ green, type III, top margin single, neat San Francisco, Cal. town cancel, ample to large margins with wide selvage, rich deep color, Extremely Fine; with 1985 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 15    $140.

Realized: $90

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Lot 1019 o   

1855, 10¢ green, type IV, position 86L1 (recut at top), grid and blue manuscript cancels, clear to huge margins, rich color, F.-V.F.; with 1999 A.P.S. certificate.
Scott No. 16    $1,600.

Realized: $550

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