U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 20-21, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #96 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 $1 black, type I, small h.r., wide margins all around, minute thin speck, still v.f., with 2018 PFC, * Catalog #261 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #97 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1894 $2 dark blue, $5 green, each double Registry cancels, good color, with 2016 and 2017 PFCs, O Catalog #262,263 Catalog Value $3,800 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #98 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1895 1c-$5 imperforate horizontal pairs, complete set of 13, l.h. or h.r. (few low values with slightly disturbed gum), 6c with faint thin, mostly fine-v.f., rare set of imperforate pairs, only 50-100 of each printed, with APS, PFC and PSE certificates for several pairs, * Catalog #264-278P Catalog Value $12,275 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #99 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1895 Watermarked USIR, 6c dull brown used, well centered, good color, v.f., with 2017 (Graded VF-80, used) PSE certificate. A beautiful and rare 6c with the "R" of "ISIR" watermark, only 27 (!) examples recorded, this being one the better known. The "USIR" (United States Internal Revenue) watermark error occurred when a supply of paper reserved for revenue stamp production was used for printing the 6c and 8c postage stamps. Unlike its more common 8c counterpart, the 6c is an extremely rare stamp. Only 24 used copies certified as genuine by The Philatelic Foundation, plus three uncertified copies. Many examples have perfs either close or touching the design, O Catalog #271a Catalog Value $8,500 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #100 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1895 8c violet brown, bottom sheet margin, part imprint single, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., with 2017 PFC for a strip of three from which this originated, ** Catalog #272 Catalog Value $210 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #101 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1895 $5 dark green, never hinged, well centered, nice color, v.f., with 1996 PSE certificate (the selvage at top, present at time of the certificate, has been subsequently separated), ** Catalog #278 Catalog Value $6,250 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #102 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1895 $5 dark green, deep color, h.r., fresh and fine stamp, with 1992 PFC, * Catalog #278 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #103 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1895 $5 dark green, used, well centered, tiny thin, fine appearance, with 2018 PFC, O Catalog #278 Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #104 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1897 2c red, booklet pane of six, each stamp overprinted "Specimen", n.h., fresh and v.f.,  SCatalog #279BjS-E Catalog Value $750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #105 United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues 1897 10c brown, type II, top sheet margin part imprint single, n.h., post office fresh, fine, with 2017 PFC for a strip of three from which this originated, ** Catalog #283 Catalog Value $450 | Unsold |
