| Cat# |
15c.
The Robert Zoellner Collection of the United States. |
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| 118 |
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15c Brown & Blue,
Ty. I (118). Horizontal block of six, full original gum, each stamp superbly centered,
bright colors and fresh paper, top left stamp has a few tiny thin specks in grill (one has
pinpoint break). One larger block (of nine) exists, but it is far off center. There are
three recorded unused blocks of four, including one in the Brown University collection,
but these, too, are off center. (\$75,000) |
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| 118 |
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15c Brown & Blue,
Ty. I (118). Phenomenally wide margins all around, deep rich colors, fancy rosette cancel
and part of red New York credit datestamp. (\$2,600) |
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| 119 |
 |
15c Brown & Blue,
Ty. II (119). Horizontal block of six. (\$7,500) |
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| 119 |
 |
15c Brown & Blue,
Ty. II (119). Well-centered, incredibly rich colors, red cork and blue French transit
cancels. (\$2,100) |
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| 119b |
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15c
Brown & Blue, Ty. II, Center Inverted (119b). Beautiful deep rich colors and intense
impressions on bright paper, almost complete and very clear strike of New York City Large
5-Point Star fancy cancel, centered slightly to upper left but perfs are well clear all
around, insignificant tiny crease across top right corner perf. The census of 1869 Inverts
contains 90 examples of the 15c Invert, including three unused and 87 used (one in the
British Library's Tapling collection and three No. 119c varieties). We estimate that only
twelve to fifteen used copies are sound, including copies with tiny corner creases, such
as the Zoellner copy. A large number--more than half--have serious faults or repairs. One
other 15c Invert exists with the Large 5-Point Star fancy cancel, which is known used on
covers from New York City in April and May 1870. Seven copies have a smaller star cancel
of unidentified origin, which often appears as a blob of ink. (\$28,000) |
