| Scott #112-133: 1869 Pictorial Issue |  Top |
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Scott #112P3-122P3 [1869 1c-90c Pictorials] The COMPLETE SET OF 10 (#112P3-117P3, 119P3-122P3) Plate Proofs on India Paper. XF appearance, all with vibrant colors and all with large to huge margins. [India paper plate proofs of #118, the 15c Type I, do not exist, thus this IS the complete set of 10.] The 6c has an internal natural bend; the 24c has a couple "sand holes", pinholes caused by natural inclusions such as grains of sand in the paper that have since fallen out; the 90c has a natural translucent inclusion in the top margin. That range of minor problems is typical on these plate proofs. This is a beautiful set showing just how wonderful these stamp designs and engravers art were intended to look. A seldom-offered set; the only such set I have had in 51 years. (Scott 2025 value $770.) ACTUAL item. |
669.00 |
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Scott #112 [1869 1c buff Franklin] Mint, original gum moderately hinged, with F-VF centering. Strong color and very fresh appearance. Large margins at left and bottom, ample at right, very close at top. A very nice looking example of a unusual classic-design stamp. (Scott 2022 $575.) ACTUAL item. |
390.00 |
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Scott #112 [1869 1c buff Franklin] Mint, ORIGINAL GUM, moderately hinged, with F-VF centering. Strong color and very fresh appearance. Large margins at left and top, ample at bottom and right. A very nice looking example of a unusual classic-design stamp. (Scott 2025 $600.) ACTUAL item. |
469.00 |
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Scott #112 [1869 1c buff Franklin] Used with F-VF centering and bold segmented carved cancellation. Natural sheet margin straight edge at left. Huge margins on left and bottom, completely clear at top and right. I think collecting the possible natural sheet-margin straight-edge positions would be an interesting and challenging endeavor. (Scott 2022 $140.) ACTUAL item. |
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84.00 |
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Scott #113, 1867 2c brown Post Rider. Mint F-VF with 3 large even margins. Rich color. Hinged. Very pretty! (Scott 2019 $500.) ACTUAL item. |
415.00 |
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Scott #113, 1869 2c brown Post Rider. Mint F-VF. Original gum, hinged. Fresh and bright. Nice impression. (Scott 2020 $500.) ACTUAL item. |
350.00 |
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Scott #113 [1869 2c brown Post Rider] Mint with F-VF+ centering, full original gum with reasonable hinge remnant. This example has a wide natural straight edge on the right side. Such straight edges were originally scarcer (the left and right were either each only 10% or 15% of the original issue quantity), however, it seems that the majority of them have long since been reperforated to make them look like perforated-4-side stamps. I think collecting the natural straight edges of the 1c-12c values of the 1869 issue would be a fun and challenging endeavor! Mint examples especially are now scarce with natural straight edges. Deep, rich color, with very clean and clear engraving impression with an unusual amount of detail -- a proof-like impression! (Scott 2022 $500.) ACTUAL item. |
425.00 |
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Scott #113 [1869 2c brown Post Rider] Mint with Average-Fine centering. This example is regummed -- most unused examples are either regummed or without gum. There appears to be a very small plate crack (printing variety) in the top margin. Deep, rich color, with very clean and clear engraving impression with an unusual amount of detail -- a proof-like impression! This is the first U.S. nationally issued postage stamp to picture a horse and one of the earliest-in-the-world actual-pictorial (the horse is being actively ridden) stamps picturing a horse. A very reasonably priced example of a stamp that is quite scarce in unused condition. (For comparison, the Scott 2025 value for original gum is $500 and the Scott value for no gum -- which this could be if soaked -- is $190.) ACTUAL item. |
129.00 |
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Scott #113 [1869 2c brown Post Rider] Used with XF centering, but very bold carved cancellation. Virtually perfect centering, excellent perforations, and unusually deep color. The first regular issue U.S. stamp to picture a non-bird animal. But for the cancellation, the price would be around $225 for such great centering. (Scott 2022 $80 for VF and Scott 2021 $275 for XF-90.) ACTUAL item. |
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89.00 |
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Scott #113 [1869 2c brown Post Rider] Used with Average centering resulting in a "straddle" example showing a sizable portion of the adjacent stamp design at left. Excellent color and perforations; no defects. A very reasonable example of this classic pictorial stamp. (Scott 2025 $90.) ACTUAL item. |
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29.00 |
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