Lot 477 o
Tallcot, George, 4¢ Black, Pink Paper, deep color, couple light vertical creases at right, Fine appearance, this being One of the Rarest of Any Match & Medicine Issues, with four of the mere six copies recorded in the Aldrich census are faulty, Ex-R. Elledge (3-83); with clear 1973 P.F. certificate.Scott No. RS240c $12,000.
Realized: $5,250
Lot 478 o
U.S. Proprietary Medicine Co., 6¢ Black, Old Paper, o.g., choice centering, intensely rich color, few small thins, Very Fine and choice appearance, a lovely and very rare mint example of the U.S. Proprietary Medicine Co. 6¢ Black on Old Paper, only twenty examples recorded in the Aldrich census, twelve are faulty, Ex-Elliott.Scott No. RS244a $2,500.
Realized: $2,500
Lot 479 o
U.S. Proprietary Medicine Co., 1¢ black on orange red, old paper, three large margins as usual, deep color, bright and fresh, light wrapping folds as always, Very Fine, one of the finest examples of this rare wraaper.Scott No. RS248a $3,750.
Realized: $2,300
Lot 480 o
Van Duzer, S.R., 4¢ Black, Watermarked USIR, printed "S.R.V.D., Sept. 1, 1878" two-line cancel, nice centering and margins, intensely deep color, filled thin, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. RS249d $210.
Realized: $110