2013 CHICAGOPEX Stamp Show November 2013

Session I: Saturday, November 23, 2013 Estimate 1495 1496 1497 1500 Session I: Saturday, November 23, 2013 1502 Estimate 1498 (1287 var) 1967 KENNEDY 13¢ BROWN, STRIP WITH FULL HORIZONTAL GUTTER ........................ PH $650 Vertical strip of 3 from foldover piece. Phosphor tagged strip with full horizontal gutter and complete stamps on either side. Center stamp has horizontal crease from foldover that created this error. Very fine and extremely scarce. Listed in Scott but not valued. 1499 $350 (1294b) 1975 O’NEILL $1 BLACK VIOLET COLOR ERROR ....................................................................... PH $250 Extremely scarce USED color error on $1 O’Neill stamp. Newly listed in the 2014 Scott Specialized. Very fine single (untagged) with distinctive color known to specialists for nearly 40 years. Error analyzed by BEP in 1975, which made the following announcement: ‘Analyses that were conducted on the pigment components show that the WRONG INK was used for the production of these stamps.’ An extensive search for these stamps in 1975 turned up a total of 281 mint (of which 24 were part of 6 plate blocks) and only 2 used singles in collector hands. Stamp has two tiny tears at bottom, but RARE and not valued by Scott. (1294b) 1975 O’NEILL $1 BLACK VIOLET COLOR ERROR, UPPER LEFT PLATE BLOCK .................... PH $5000 Extremely RARE plate block of O’Neill color error (UL plate #32902). One of only 6 known, the first such BEP acknowledged color error since the much more common $5 red brown error of the Presidential series (lists at $15,000 for plate block). Newly listed in the 2014 Scott Specialized. Only reported plate block of this number and position from original 1975 survey, with distinctive shade known to specialists for nearly 40 years. Plate numbers are #32902 or #32903, as they were paired together. Error analyzed by BEP in 1975, which made following announcement: ‘Analyses that were conducted on the pigment components show that the WRONG INK was used for the production of these stamps.’ An extensive search for these stamps in 1975 turned up a total of 281 mint (of which 24 were part of 6 plate blocks) and two used singles known in collector hands. Plate block is MINT never hinged. Scott’s value for new listing is ‘testing the waters,’ not based on actual sales. Cat $750. (1294b) 1975 O’NEILL $1 BLACK VIOLET COLOR ERROR ....................................................................... PH Extremely scarce color error on $1 O’Neill stamp. Newly listed in the 2014 Scott Specialized. Very fine MINT never hinged single (untagged) from discovery pane with distinctive shade known to specialists for nearly 40 years. Error analyzed by BEP in 1975, which made following announcement: ‘Analyses that were conducted on the pigment components present show that the WRONG INK was used for the production of these stamps.’ An extensive search for these stamps in 1975 turned up a total of 281 mint (of which 24 were part of 6 plate blocks) and two used singles known in collector hands. Scott’s value for the new listing is ‘testing the waters,’ not based on actual sales. (1985 Pinchot Cert #22933) Cat $100. $600 Horizontal top margin block of 6, plus 2 partial stamps from large foldover piece. Phosphor tagged block yields one pair with full vertical gutter and complete stamps on either side, another with nearly complete stamp at left. Although block has been hinged, all stamps near gutter are MINT never hinged. Very fine. Listed in Scott but not valued. 1497 1499X Estimate / (1209 var) 1963 JACKSON 1¢ GREEN, BLOCK WITH FULL GUTTER ................................................ PH 1496 1498 1501 USA Errors, Freaks & Oddities, cont. 1495 Estimate 1500 (1339a) 1968 ILLINOIS STATEHOOD 6¢ MULTI, TAGGING OMITTED ERROR ................................... PH $125 Very fine single with tagging completely omitted. MINT never hinged. Cat $170. 1501 (1358a) 1968 ARKASAS RIVER NAVIGATION 6¢ BLUE & BLACK, TAGGING OMITTED ERROR ...... PH $150 Very fine single, tagging completely omitted. MINT never hinged and fresh. Cat $200. 1502 (1375 var) 1969 ALABAMA STATEHOOD 6¢ MULTI, MAJOR COLOR SHIFT PLATE BLOCK ................... PH $350 Lower right plate block (#31277) showing major shift shift to the right of brown engraving (about 6mm), resulting in very bizarre, doubled appearance of birds and flowers, shifting inscriptions to left of each stamp and partial plate number in selvage. Some creasing in selvage and tiny piece missing (likely from processing). Very fine. (800) 782-0066 • www.RegencySuperior.com Page 112 USA-SINGLES-09.pmd 112 10/2/2013, 7:28 PM Regency-Superior

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