Auction 249 of 18 Jun 08

U.S. Errors & Freaks (716-763)

Major Errors

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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
0716 0716.jpg * 538a, 1¢ green, vertical pair, imperf horizontally, fine+, Hr . 50.00
0717 0717.jpg ** 1547b, 10¢ Energy, ORANGE & GREEN colors missing, FVF, NH, slight GD . 550.00
0718 0718.jpg ** 1895, 20¢ Flag, imperf pair, + misperfed pair, VF NH EST 25-35
0719 na ** 1895d, 20¢ flag, imperf strip of 6, FVF NH . 27.++
0720 0720.jpg ** 2112a, 22¢ 'D' stamp, imperf pair, FVF, NH . 45.00
0721 0721.jpg ** U599a, 15¢ honey bee, brown color 15¢ USA omitted . 125.00

Freaks and Oddities

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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
0722 0722.jpg o 63, 1¢ blue, double row of horz perfs at bottom . 50.00
0723 0723.jpg C 65, 3¢ rose, tied to small cover by Washington DC cds, to Worcester, Mass, DOUBLE ROW of perfs at top and bottom, unfortunately there is a large tear in the stamp EST 30-40
0724 0724.jpg ** 634, 2¢ carmine, POSTAL FORGERY, NH EST 35-50
0725 0725.jpg * 693, 12¢ Cleveland, pair, left stamp with printing smears, VLH EST 25-35
0726 0726.jpg ** 991, 3¢ Supreme Court Building, gutter snipe, on XF NH stamp EST 25-35
0727 na ** 1055 / 3477, lot of 18 different misperfed or die shifted coil pairs EST 120-130
0728 0728.jpg ** 1072, 3¢ Andrew Mellon, misperfed left margin pair EST 25-35
0729 0729.jpg ** 1151, 4¢ Nato, SE, misperfed horizontally EST 25-35
0730 0730.jpg ** 1320, 5¢ Savings Bonds, vertical gutter snipe pair, EST 10-20
0731 0731.jpg ** 1359, 6¢ Erikson Zip block of four, nice reverse offset on gum side EST 100-125
0732 0732.jpg ** 1402, 8¢ Eisenhower, misperf pair EST 25-35
0733 0733.jpg ** 1432, 8¢ Bicentennial, bottom gutter snipe pair, right stamp also with vertical ink smear EST 30-40
0734 0734.jpg ** 1510, 10¢ Jefferson Memorial, vertical strip of three with blue smear EST 25-35
0735 0735.jpg ** 1519,1895, 10¢ flags, 20¢ flag, misperfed coil pairs EST 20-30
0736 0736.jpg ** 1552, 10¢ Dove, block of four, blue ink smear on UR stamp, some adhesive staining o/w VF EST 20-30
0737 0737.jpg ** 1560, 10¢ Salem Poor, two different stamps misperfed horizontally EST 40-50
0738 0738.jpg ** 1572-75, 10¢ Postal Service, block of four, RED smear on LL stamp, VF NH EST 30-40
0739 0739.jpg ** 1582, 2¢ Speaker's Stand, misperfed block of four, tiny GD spot EST 40-50
0740 0740.jpg ** 1582, 2¢ Speaker's Stand, misperfed EST 10-20
0741 0741.jpg ** 1582, 2¢ Speaker's Stand, misperfed horizontally EST 20-30
0742 0742.jpg ** 1615c, 8.4¢ piano, precancel gap pair nearly imperf between, only one perf hole EST 20-30
0743 0743.jpg ** 1618, 13¢ Liberty Bell, misperfed pair EST 15-25
0744 0744.jpg ** 1702, 13¢ Christmas, block of ten, BLUE smears on four stamps at right, VF NH EST 40-50
0745 0745.jpg ** 1759, 15¢ Viking Mission, misperfed Zip block of four EST 80-100
0746 0746.jpg ** 1762, 15¢ Barred Owl, top gutter snipe EST 10-20
0747 0747.jpg ** 1863, 22¢ John Audubon, great perf shift thru center of bottom stamp EST 75-100
0748 0748.jpg ** 2066, 20¢ Alaska, misperfed thru copyright slogan EST 50-70
0749 0749.jpg ** 2114, 22¢ flag, block of four with solvent wash at right side EST 40-50
0750 0750.jpg ** 2114, 22¢ flag over capitol, misperfed block of four EST 40-50
0751 0751.jpg ** 2280, 25¢ flag over Yosemite, 2 pairs, one with green smear at bottom, the other with green smear at top, nice matching pair EST 30-40
0752 0752.jpg na 2¢ green, partially printed on back of unused envelope with illus ice box from Cooper & McKee, Brooklyn, NY, ca 1890 EST 15-25
0753 0753.jpg ** BK117a, 15¢ Holmes, 3 panes misperfed vertically EST 75-85
0754 0754.jpg ** BK142, 20¢ sheep, two panes misperfed vertically EST 70-80
0755 0755.jpg ** BK146, 22¢ seashells, two panes with broken '22' EST 50-75
0756 0756.jpg ** C79, 13¢ winged envelope, mis-perfed two ways EST 25-35
0757 0757.jpg ** C79, 13¢ winged envelope, UL corner block of four, misperfed two ways EST 60-75
0758 0758.jpg o J100, $1 Due, center shifted right, scarce used! EST 40-50
0759 0759.jpg o J101, $5 due, value shifted left, scarce used EST 20-30
0760 0760.jpg o R54c, 50¢ conveyance, misperfed, on document dated Nov 11 1869 EST 75-100
0761 0761.jpg ** W405, (2), 1¢ green on manila wrappers, each with pre-printed paper fold EST 75-85
0762 0762.jpg ** U615a, 25¢ USA #10 entire, RED Omitted, VF, label addressed, but unused EST 100-125
0763 0763.jpg ** U615, 25USA, #10 entire, as above, red almost entirely omitted, unaddr, VF EST 40-50