U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 10-11, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #81 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 1c-90c, complete set of small die proofs mounted on gray cards from the Roosevelt album, few insignificant marginal specks, fresh and v.f., only 85 sets printed, P Catalog #112P2-122P2 Catalog Value $ 4,575 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #82 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 1c buff, heavy h.r., well centered, v.f., with 1996 PFC, * Catalog #112 Catalog Value $ 650 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #83 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 15c brown & blue, type II, splendid colors, fresh and fine, cancelled (not tied) on cover used in 1870 to Italy, red New York Paid Jan 15 transit cds at right, also Milan and Naples arrival pmks on back  Catalog #119 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #84 United States 1869 Pictorials 1869 30c ultramarine & carmine, Flags Inverted, segmented cork cancel, well centered, with wide margins all around, nice color and fresh, with 2004 PFC. A beautiful, completely sound example of the 30c Invert, ex-Green (Siegel census documents a total of 47 stamps, including 7 unused and 40 used (one in the Miller Collection at The New York Public Library and one used in the Tapling Collection at the British Library). Of the 38 available to collectors, only 13 are sound or potentially sound (six are based on decades-old descriptions and need to be reexamined for condition). Of the confirmed sound copies, this is nearly perfectly centered, with unobtrusive cancel, O Catalog #121b Catalog Value $ 100,000 | Price Realized $72,500.00 |
