Auction 263 of 11 Aug 10

U.S. Errors & Freaks (1166-1311)

Major Errors

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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
1166 1166.jpg ** 499g, 2¢ carmine, double impression, slightly misperfed, NH . 400.00
1167 1167.jpg * 525d, 1¢ gray green, double impression block of four, SE, almost fine, LH . 160.00
1168 1168.jpg ** 538a, 1¢ green, vertical pair, imperf between, FVF, NH . 110.00
1169 1169.jpg ** 1059Ad, 25¢ Paul Revere imper pair, FVF, NH . 30.00
1170 1170.jpg ** 1363c, 6¢ Christmas, light yellow color omitted, plate # margin single, VF NH . 50.00
1171 1171.jpg ** 1384c, 6¢ Christmas, light green color omitted, VF NH . 25.00
1172 1172.jpg ** 1597c, 15¢ flag, imperf block of four, VF NH . 30.00
1173 1173.jpg ** 1617b, 10¢ Right to Petition, imperf pair, dull gum variety, VF NH . 50.00
1174 1174.jpg ** 1625a, 13¢ flag, imperf pair, VF NH . 25.00
1175 1175.jpg ** 1729a, 13¢ Valley Forge, imperf vertical pair, gum disturbed o/w VF . 65.00
1176 1176.jpg ** 1897Ac, 2¢ Locomotive, imperf pair, VF NH . 45.00
1177 1177.jpg ** 2265a, 21¢ Railroad Mail Car, imperf pair, VF NH . 42.50
1178 1178.jpg ** 2281b, 25¢ Bee, engraved black color omitted, XF, NH . 100.00
1179 1179.jpg ** 2609b, 29¢ flag over White House, pair, imperf between, VF, NH . 85.00
1180 1180.jpg ** 4141a, 26¢ Florida Panther, pair, die cutting omitted, VF NH, unpriced in Scott EST 250-300

Freaks and Oddities

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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
1181 1181.jpg C 65, 3¢ rose, tied to small cover by Washington DC cds, to Worcester, Mass, DOUBLE ROW of perfs at top and bottom, large tear in the stamp EST 30-40
1182 1182.jpg o 147, 3¢ green, vertical PRE-PRINTING CREASE EST 40-50
1183 1183.jpg (*) 295, 2¢ carmine & black, 'slow train', VF, NG EST 20-30
1184 1184.jpg ** 498, 1¢ green, block of four with reverse offset on gum side EST 30-40
1185 1185.jpg (*) 632, 1¢ green, printer's waste, splotchy print, barely recognizable, NG EST 20-30
1186 1186.jpg * 693, 12¢ Cleveland, pair, left stamp with printing smears, VLH EST 25-35
1187 1187.jpg ** 703, 2¢ Yorktown, black vignette shifted down & right EST 25-35
1188 1188.jpg ** 720, 3¢ violet misperfed vertical pair with full gutter at top EST 30-40
1189 1189.jpg ** 899/C90, collection of 90 different misperfs, mostly commemoratives, a great collection! EST 400-450
1190 1190.jpg ** 913, 5¢ Netherlands flag, vignette shifted down EST 25-35
1191 1191.jpg ** 937, 3¢ Alfred E Smith, misperfed pair, seldom seen! EST 25-35
1192 1192.jpg ** 944, 3¢ Kearny Expedition, misperfed horizontally EST 25-35
1193 1193.jpg ** 946, 3¢ Joseph Pulitzer, misperfed vertically EST 30-40
1194 1194.jpg ** 968, 3¢ American Poultry, nice change of legend misperf EST 40-50
1195 1195.jpg ** 1018, 3¢ Ohio, misperfed left margin single EST 40-50
1196 1196.jpg ** 1026, 3¢ General George S Patton, misperfed pair EST 25-35
1197 1197.jpg ** 1035, 3¢ Liberty, right margin misperfed single EST 40-50
1198 1198.jpg ** 1042, 8¢ Liberty, misperfed left margin sinlge EST 35-45
1199 na ** 1055/2609, collection of 29 different misperfed coil pairs EST 200-250
1200 1200.jpg ** 1072, 3¢ Andrew Mellon, misperfed left margin pair EST 25-35
1201 1201.jpg ** 1084, 3¢ Devil's Tower, misperfed pair ESR 25-35
1202 1202.jpg ** 1094, 4¢ Flag, misperfed right margin vertical pair EST 30-40
1203 1203.jpg ** 1095, 3¢ Shipbuilding, change of legend misperf EST 35-45
1204 1204.jpg ** 1096, 8¢ Magsaysay, misperfed right margin pair EST 25-35
1205 1205.jpg ** 1110, 4¢ Bolivar, misperfed two ways EST 40-50
1206 1206.jpg ** 1115, 4¢ Lincoln, misperfed horizontally EST 30-40
1207 1207.jpg ** 1117. 4¢ Kossuth, misperfed pair with full gutter at left EST 30-40
1208 1208.jpg ** 1132, 4¢ flag, misperfed right margin pair EST 30-40
1209 1209.jpg ** 1141, 4¢ Credo, misperfed horizontally EST 30-40
1210 1210.jpg ** 1151, 4¢ SEATO, great top margin misperf! EST 75-100
1211 1211.jpg ** 1189, 4¢ Nursing, plate block with extremely nice black color shifted down, PNB on left stamp EST 200-250
1212 1212.jpg ** 1203, 4¢ Hammarskjold, block of four with great brown color shifted down, not a misperf EST 150-200
1213 1213.jpg ** 1209, 1¢ Jackson, rare horizontal misperf! EST 40-50
1214 1214.jpg ** 1213a, 5¢ Washington, mis-cut booklet pane EST 30-40
1215 1215.jpg ** 1233, 5¢ Emancipation Proclamation, great black color shift EST 50-60
1216 1216.jpg ** 1280, 3¢ Monroe, nice horizontal misperf EST 30-40
1217 1217.jpg ** 1287, 13¢ John F Kennedy, misperfed two ways EST 55-65
1218 1218.jpg ** 1289, 20¢ Marshall, misperfed vertically EST 30-40
1219 1219.jpg ** 1291, 30¢ Dewey, misperfed two ways EST 40-50
1220 1220.jpg ** 1297, 3¢ Monroe, misperfed coil pair EST 30-40
1221 1221.jpg ** 1304, 5¢ Washington, misperfed coil line pair with partial plate numbers at bottom EST 30-40
1222 1222.jpg ** 1308, 5¢ Indiana, dark blue color shifted right EST 35-45
1223 1223.jpg ** 1321, 5¢ Christmas, vertically misperfed with wide margin at left EST 30-40
1224 1224.jpg ** 1336, 5¢ Christmas, misperfed cutting off portion of top, crease at bottom EST 25-35
1225 1225.jpg ** 1338, 6¢ flag, misperfed vertically EST 35-45
1226 1226.jpg ** 1385, 6¢ Hope, white wheelchair shifted to left EST 30-40
1227 1227.jpg ** 1393, 6¢ Eisenhower, nice change of legend misperf EST 25-35
1228 1228.jpg ** 1395b, 8¢ Eisenhower, lot of 8 booklet panes with 50% of plate numbers 32908,32909,32910 & 32911 EST 100-125
1229 1229.jpg ** 1396, 8¢ USPS, double color shifts: black color shifted left and gold color shifted right, nice combination! EST 4050
1230 1230.jpg ** 1432, 8¢ Bicentennial, bottom gutter snipe pair, right stamp also with vertical ink smear EST 30-40
1231 1231.jpg ** 1433, 8¢ John Sloan, misperfed with back color shifted up EST 35-45
1232 1232.jpg ** 1436, 8¢ Emily Dickinson, color shifted right EST 25-35
1233 1233.jpg ** 1453, 8¢ Old Faithful, multiple color shifts left creating 'Fourth' person EST 35-45
1234 1234.jpg ** 1454, 15¢ Mt McKinley, black color shifted right EST 35-45
1235 1235.jpg ** 1468, 8¢ Mail Order, great change of design misperf EST 40-50
1236 1236.jpg ** 1472, 8¢ Santa, great change of design misperf EST 30-40
1237 1237.jpg ** 1478, 8¢ Post Rider, black color drastically shifted down EST 40-50
1238 1238.jpg ** 1478, 8¢ Post Rider, misperfed Zip block of four EST 50-75
1239 1239.jpg ** 1485, 8¢ Jeffers, multiple downward color shifts EST 30-40
1240 1240.jpg ** 1501, 8¢ Electronics, misperfed pair EST 25-35
1241 1241.jpg ** 1507, 8¢ Christmas, misperfed horizontally EST 30-40
1242 1242.jpg ** 1510, 10¢ Jefferson Memorial, vertical strip of three with blue smear EST 25-35
1243 1243.jpg ** 1529, 10¢ Skylab, misperfed vertically EST 25-35
1244 1244.jpg ** 1552, 10¢ Dove, block of four, blue ink smear on UR stamp, some adhesive staining o/w VF EST 20-30
1245 1245.jpg ** 1557, 10¢ Mariner 10, red color shifted down, star barely visible EST 40-50
1246 1246.jpg ** 1561, 10¢ Salomon, change of design misperf EST 30-40
1247 1247.jpg ** 1572-75, 10¢ Postal Service, block of four, RED smear on LL stamp, VF NH EST 30-40
1248 1248.jpg ** 1576, 10¢ World Peace, misperfed top margin pair EST 30-40
1249 1249.jpg ** 1577A, 10¢ Banking and Commerce, multiple color shifts EST 55-65
1250 1250.jpg ** 1582, 2¢ Speaker's Stand, misperfed EST 10-20
1251 1251.jpg ** 1582, 2¢ Speaker's Stand, misperfed corner block of four, light offset on back EST 40-50
1252 1252.jpg ** 1591, 9¢ Right to Assemble, multiple impressions, very unusual EST 35-45
1253 1253.jpg ** 1593, 11¢ Freedom of the Press, great misperf! EST 40-50
1254 1254.jpg ** 1608, 50¢ Lamp, black color drastically shifted doward EST 40-50
1255 1255.jpg ** 1615, 7.9¢ Drum, misperfed pair EST 30-40
1256 1256.jpg ** 1615C, 8.4¢ Piano, misperfed line strip of five EST 40-50
1257 1257.jpg ** 1632, 13¢ Interphil, nice two-way color shift EST 50-60
1258 1258.jpg ** 1699, 13¢ Clara Maass, change of legend misperf EST 35-45
1259 1259.jpg ** 1702, 13¢ Christmas, block of ten, BLUE smears on four stamps at right, VF NH EST 40-50
1260 1260.jpg ** 1726, 13¢ Articles of Confederation, misperfed horizontally EST 30-40
1261 1261.jpg ** 1762, 15¢ Barred Owl, top gutter snipe EST 10-20
1262 1262.jpg ** 1762-63, 15¢ Owls, gutter snip pair EST 20-30
1263 1263.jpg ** 1770, 15¢ Robert Kennedy, misperfed vertically EST 30-40
1264 1264.jpg ** 1789, 15¢ John Paul Jones, imperf bottom margin EST 40-50
1265 1265.jpg ** 1897, 1¢ Omnibus, strip of four with reverse offset on right stamp, unique! EST 40-50
1266 1266.jpg ** 1897, 1¢ Omnibus extra tall plate strip of five shows all of plate #6 at top plus part of number at bottom EST 50-60
1267 1267.jpg ** 1900, 5.2¢ Sleigh, misperfed coil pair with pre-cancel gap EST 40-50
1268 1268.jpg ** 1907, 18¢ Surrey, coil strip of four, plate #1, with blind perfs at right EST 20-30
1269 1269.jpg ** 1911a, 18¢ Space, misperfed block of 8, very scarce! EST 250-275
1270 1270.jpg ** 1920, 18¢ Professional Management, gutter snipe EST 20-30
1271 1271.jpg ** 1950, 20¢ Franklin D Roosevelt, top margin single, color almost completely missing due to solvent wash EST 40-50
1272 1272.jpg ** 1953-54, 20¢ Birds, gutter snipe at left EST 15-25
1273 1273.jpg ** 1963-64, 20¢ Hawaii-Idaho, gutter snipe EST 15-25
1274 1274.jpg ** 1973-74, 20¢ Massachusetts-Michigan, gutter snipe EST 15-25
1275 1275.jpg ** 1983-84, 20¢ New Mexico-New York, gutter snipe EST 15-25
1276 1276.jpg ** 1993-94, 20¢ South Dakota-Tennessee, gutter snipe EST 15-25
1277 1277.jpg ** 2004, 20¢ Library of Congress, beautiful misperf! EST 30-40
1278 1278.jpg ** 2015, 20¢ Libraries, great change of design misperf EST 40-50
1279 1279.jpg ** 2062a, 20¢ Trolleys, block of four, black USA 20¢ shifted down EST 175-200
1280 1280.jpg ** 2072. 20¢ LOVE, extremely nice right margin misperf EST 40-50
1281 1281.jpg ** 2110, 22¢ Jerome Kern, change of design misperf EST 30-40
1282 1282.jpg ** 2112, 22¢ 'D" , misperfed coil pair ESR 30-40
1283 1283.jpg ** 2114, 22¢ flag, misperfed block of four, EST 30-40
1284 1284.jpg ** 2114, 22¢ Flag, misperfed EST 30-40
1285 1285.jpg ** 2115, 22¢ Flag, coil pair with Erie Blue color EST 40-50
1286 1286.jpg ** 2170, 3¢ Paul Dudley White, under inked pair EST 55-65
1287 1287.jpg ** 2255, 7.6¢ Carreta, misperfed coil pair EST 30-40
1288 1288.jpg ** 2279, 25¢ Earth, misperfed coil pair EST 30-40
1289 1289.jpg ** 2281, 25¢ Bee, pair, most of yellow color missing from leaves EST 50-75
1290 1290.jpg ** 2482, $2 Bobcat, plate block with black $2 USA shifted left EST 75-100
1291 1291.jpg ** 2508a, 25¢ Sea Creatures, block of four, black value etc color shifted to left EST 45-55
1292 1292.jpg ** 2534, 29¢ Savings Bonds, plate block, gold color shifted up, red color shifted to right EST 150-200
1293 1293.jpg ** 2609, 29¢ Flag over White House, misperfed plate #14 strip of six EST 125-150
1294 1294.jpg ** 2618, 29¢ Love, misperfed right thru center EST 35-45
1295 1295.jpg ** 2980, 32¢ 19th Amendment, black color shifted down EST 50-60
1296 1296.jpg ** 3875a, 39¢ Flag booklet pane of eight, horizontal die cuts shifted downward almost thru centers of the stamps and thru the illustrated stamps at bottom, the stamps on the back of the booklet have been removed EST 50-75
1297 na ** BK115, 5¢ Washington, four panes with partial plate number at lower left EST 40-50
1298 na ** BK121, 8¢ Eisenhower, four booklet panes miscut horizontally EST 40-50
1299 1299.jpg ** C26, 8¢ green, heavily over-inked EST 30-40
1300 1300.jpg ** C39, 6¢ carmine, change of legend misperf EST 30-40
1301 1301.jpg ** C39a, 6¢ carmine booklet pane with 70% plate number 24141, NH EST 15-25
1302 1302.jpg ** C56, 10¢ Pan American Games, change of design misperf EST 50-60
1303 1303.jpg ** C76, 10¢ Moon Landing, vertical pair missing most of red patch on top stamp EST 50-60
1304 1304.jpg ** C95-96, 25¢ Wiley Post, vertical pair with blue color shifted up EST 100-125
1305 1305.jpg ** J89, 1¢ postage due, value shifted up & left, NH EST 20-30
1306 1306.jpg ** J90, 2¢ Due, value shifted down, EST 10-20
1307 1307.jpg ** J92, 4¢ due, value shifted down & left EST 20-30
1308 1308.jpg o J100, $1 due, value shifted up & left, VF EST 10-20
1309 1309.jpg ** J103, 13¢ due, value shifted left, NH EST 15-25
1310 1310.jpg ** U601, 20¢ Capitol, #10 entire with smeared indicia EST 20-30
1311 1311.jpg ** UX72a, 9¢ Nathan Hale, '¢' missing, with copy of SPA certificate . 125.00