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1851, 3¢ Orange Brown, Type I, position 71-72R1L, horizontal pair, bold blue Nashville, Ills. town cancel, margins ample to touching frameline at lower right, rich vibrant color, Very Fine and attractive.Scott No. 10 $600.
Lot 2
1851, 3¢ Orange Brown, Type I, position 75R1E, large margins to just touching at upper left, rich color, tied by neat "Newburyport, Ms., Oct 6" cds on folded letter sheet to Boston, Mass., Extremely Fine.Scott No. 10 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $230
Lot 3
1851, 3¢ Orange Brown, Type I, Top Margin Single, showing guide dot at top right, margins ample to shaving frameline at lower left, rich bright color, tied by red grid handstamp on 1851 folded letter sheet to Pittsburgh, Pa., matching "Brownsville, Pa., Jul 10" cds; file fold, Very Fine, a very early usage.Scott No. 10 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $180
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1851-56 3¢ Issue Color Chart, containing twelve #10's (two on cover) and 91 #11's mounted on black card and arranged by year, the array of colors and shades including. those identified as Copperish, Reddish, five different shades of 1851 Experimental Orange Brown, Yellowish, one Plum, several Clarets, many have four margins; few faults to be expected, F.-V.F. overall, assembled by Dr. F.M. Amonette.Scott No. 10//11A Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $2,000
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(Cancels) 1851-56, 3¢ Issue, Town Cancels, 91 stamps including four pairs, strip of 3 and 12 O.B.'s, includes section of color cancels including light blue, dark red, green shades, brown, olive and ultramarine, other sections with year dates, integral rates, integral "Paid", territorials mostly on piece, California and on piece and date slugs; condition varies with some four margin and sheet margin examples, F.-V.F. overall.Scott No. 10-11A Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,600
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(Cancels) 1851-56, 3¢ Issue, Numeral Cancels, 67 stamps including four O.B.'s, an array of numeral types with central complete strikes the rule, includes several 1's including in circle from Baltimore, Md., 3's for various identified towns including Bordentown, N.J. and South Berwick, Me., including blue and red cancels, 5's including blue on margin O.B. with part imprint, 6's including red on 4-margin O.B., 10's including in red on O.B., "21", 24's, "45" and "51" in oval; condition varies with several four margin examples, about F.-V.F. overall.Scott No. 10A-11A Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,050
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(Cancels) 1851-56, 3¢ Issue, Cancellation Balance, of 73 stamps including 3 pairs and 3 O.B.'s; nice variety of cancels with many on piece, includes railroads, express mail, red N.Y. carriers, section of "Way" markings, "Free", section of Paid and Paid 3 markings, few auxiliary markings, etc.; some duplication, condition varies, F.-V.F. overall.Scott No. 10-11A Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,100
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(Cancels) 1851-56, 3¢ Issue, Open Segmented Grid Cancels, 47 stamps including 3 O.B.'s, an attractive array of grids including circular and box types, on piece with Speir's Turnout, Ga. townmark, color cancel including 14 blue, 5 red and a green socked-on-the-nose grid; condition varied with some four margin examples, F.-V.F. overall.Scott No. 10-11A Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $525
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(Cancels) 1851-57, 3¢ Issue, Geometric Cancels, 38 stamps including pair, strip of 3 and four O.B.'s, an array of mostly full to complete strikes with several on piece, includes crossroads, grid of dashes and dots, grid "shield" of Worcester, Mass., targets, spiral of dots in circle of Salem, Mass., hollow radial of West Newton, Mass., patent type dots in circle, colored cancels including fancy grid in lilac (ex Chase), etc.; condition varies, F.-V.F. overall.Scott No. 10-11A Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $650
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(Cancels) 1851-56, 3¢ Issue, Grid Cancels, 28 stamps including two pairs and 3 O.B.'s, various grid types including closed segmented, open and closed box shape and waffle patterns, many colored cancels including blue, red and brown; condition varied with a couple four margin examples, F.-V.F. overall.Scott No. 10-11A Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $425