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Session I: Saturday, November 23, 2013 Estimate Estimate 1727 1724 1725 1728 1732 1726 1729 Session I: Saturday, November 23, 2013 1720 Estimate (72f) 1893 BLACK PROVISIONAL OVERPRINT 50¢ RED, DOUBLE OVERPRINT .............................. PH Estimate 1728 $500 Double overprint, category III, one heavy, one light. Fresh and bright, very fine. Original gum, previously hinged. Ex-Cook. (2010 APS Cert #192456). Cat $1000. 1721 (R12) 1901 REVENUE $50 SLATE BLUE & CARMINE, FULL SHEET ............................................................. PH $1500 Handstamped official ‘OB’ overprint in red. Very RARE, very few copies exist (see note in Scott Catalog at beginning of the Philippines Officials section). Original gum, lightly hinged. Very fine for this tough issue. 1729 Complete pane of 70, stuck down on backing paper, top selvage removed with top stamps faulty, small piece of selvage missing at bottom right (does not affect imprint), stamps well centered. Still scarce as sheet. Cat $4200. 1722 (R15) 1910 REVENUE $5 VERMILION & VIOLET BLUE, FULL SHEET ............................................................. PH $3000 (U12a) 1893 RED PROVISIONAL OVPT 5¢ BLUE, ENTIRE, DOUBLE OVERPRINT ............................... PH $400 Partial double overprint lower right. Unused, fresh, very fine. Ex-Cook. (2006 APS Cert #171549) (UPSS #19ba) Cat $650. – PUERTO RICO – 1730 (276a) 1914 RIZAL 2c GREEN, BOOKLET PANE ... PH 1725 (277a) 1914 McKINLEY 4c CARMINE, BOOKLET PANE ....................................................... PH $250 Complete pane of 6. Fresh and fine. Original gum, small hinge remnant. Ex-Cook. (2008 APS Cert #184846). Cat $750. 1726 (285a) 1918 RIZAL 2c GREEN, BOOKLET PANE .................................................................................... PH 1731 (E8) 1944 MESSENGER 20¢ DULL VIOLET, ‘VICTORY’ OVERPRINT ............................................ PH (15) 1951 PINE TREE ¥3 DARK GREEN, BLOCK ............................................ View photo online $100 Fresh, MINT never hinged, very fine block of 4. Cat $180. 1732 $350 Complete pane of 6. Fresh, original gum, previously hinged, fine. Ex-Cook. (2008 APS Cert #184847). Cat $750. 1727 $250 – RYUKYU ISLANDS – $500 Complete pane of 6. Scarce booklet pane, fresh, MINT never hinged, fine. Ex-Cook. Cat $1250. (U10) 1899 LINCOLN 4¢ BROWN, ENTIRE ......................................................... View photo online Legal-size entire, printed return address, unused, inclusion far from frank. Fresh, very fine. Ex-Cook. (UPSS #11) Cat $500. – PHILIPPINES – 1724 (O38) 1944 OFFICIAL 2c ROSE ‘VICTORY’ HANDSTAMP, LARGE MULTIPLE ............................ PH $7500 A spectacular RARE multiple of this scarce Victory issue. Makes for a great exhibition piece. Unused partial sheet of 36 (9x4) stamps with selvage at left and natural straight edge at bottom. The LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE. Partial original gum on interleaving, small piece added to one bottom stamp, paper clip mark on another, otherwise fine to very fine. Cat values as singles $13,500, no premium added for multiple. (2003 APS Cert #151597 for large block). Complete pane of 70, two imprints on each side. Imprints and selvage intact, some minor perf separations. Fresh, MINT never hinged, very fine. Scarce sheet with only a few known. Estimated cat $4550. 1723 (237 var) 1906 FARRAGUT $1 BLACK, RED OFFICIAL ‘OB’ OVERPRINT ...................................................... PH $2500 (5X6) 1948 YAEYAMA PROVISIONAL 30s PEACOCK BLUE ....................................................... PH $750 Provisional issue with personal seal of postmaster handstamped in black. Fresh, MINT never hinged. Natural paper inclusion, extremely fine. Ex-Schoberlin. (Copy of 2002 RPSS Cert). Cat $1000. $350 Scarce, only 138 overprinted, glassine adherence to gum side as often found. Cert states ‘disturbed original gum from interleaving,’ blunt perf at right not mentioned on cert. Fine, with good color. (2013 APS Cert #203725). Cat $1400. Chicagopex 2013 USA-SINGLES-10.pmd Stamps & Postal History 135 Page 135 10/2/2013, 7:30 PM