Sale 104: The Alan Parsons Collection

Lot 2501 /   

1954, 1¢ Washington, horizontal coil, large perf holes, wet printing, joint line & plate number strip of 5 with full plate no. "25721", o.g., very lightly hinged on the two end stamps only, Very Fine.
Scott No. 1054    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $850

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Lot 2502    

1954, 1¢ Washington, horizontal coil, imperf, pair, o.g., never hinged, bright and fresh, exceptional centering, Extremely Fine, extremely rare with only 13 pairs reported; with 1974 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1054c    $3,000.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 2503    

1954, 2¢ Jefferson, horizontal coil, untagged, imperf, pair, o.g., never hinged, bold Riverdale, Md. precancels, Very Fine.
Scott No. 1055c    $325.

Realized: $190

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Lot 2504    

1968, 2¢ Jefferson, horizontal coil, tagged, imperf, pair, o.g., never hinged, wide margins, Very Fine.
Scott No. 1055d    $425.

Realized: $525

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Lot 2505    

1961, 2½¢ Bunker Hill, horizontal coil, small perf holes, "Rock Hill, S.C." Bureau precancel, pair, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, very rare - Scott value is in italics; with 2014 Weiss certificate.
Scott No. 1056 var.    $850.

The small hole variety is only known precanceled. Since it was against postal regulations to distribute mint precancels to anyone but permit holders, and illegal for those permit holders to resell them, the market supply is very limited.

Realized: $220

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Lot 2506 /   

1961, 2½¢ Bunker Hill, horizontal coil, small perf holes, Miami, Fla. precancels, line pair, o.g., small disturbed area on left stamp, Very Fine, an extremely rare line pair; with 2009 A.P.S. certificate.
Scott No. 1056    $3,000.

Scott catalog states that this small hole variety is only known with Bureau precancel and it was against postal regulations to make mint precancels available other than to permit holders. Due to this restriction, only a small handful of mint line pairs exist today.

Realized: $900

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Lot 2507 o   

1961, 2½¢ Bunker Hill, horizontal coil, small perf holes, pair, Rock Hill, S.C. precancels, Very Fine.
Scott No. 1056    $200.

Realized: $70

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Lot 2508    

1954, 3¢ Statue of Liberty, horizontal coil, large perf holes, wet printing, Bureau paste-up strip of 4, inadvertently pasted-up tête-bêche, o.g., very lightly hinged, Very Fine, a unique item for the coil specialist; with 2009 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1057    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $375

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Lot 2509    

1954, 3¢ Statue of Liberty, horizontal coil, large perf holes, wet printing, tied by Rockville Centre, N.Y. machine cancel, Dec 14, 1955, on a small Crash Cover with magenta handstamp "DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH/ HOLLTWOOD, S.C. 12/17/55", the bottom edge with slight burn damage; 1955 Christmas seal (and small opening tear) on reverse, Very Fine, an unusual Liberty Series coil usage. AAMC No. 55.8.
Scott No. 1057    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $150

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Lot 2510    

1954, 3¢ Statue of Liberty, horizontal coil, imperf, pair, o.g., never hinged, evenly balanced margins, bright and fresh, Extremely Fine, rare with 30 pairs reported; with 1975 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1057b    $1,250.

Realized: $1,100

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