Scott #631 [1926 1-1/2c Yellow Brown Imperforate Harding] Lower Right PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR #18413 (prime number) with the expected prominent gum breaker ridges (also exists as a variety without the ridges). Has scuffs on face at the peaks of the ridges (which is not desirable, but is somewhat typical). Mint, with slight gum disturbance, but not hinged. XF centering and even includes part of stamps to the left and a sliver of stamps above. Only two plate numbers were used for this issue. A reasonable-looking example at a low price. [Scott 2024 value for Hinged plate block $55.]
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12.00
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267726
Scott #631, 1926 1-1/2c yellow brown Harding rotary imperf block of 4. Mint VF. Top pair hinged, bottom pair NH. (Scott 2018 $10.50.)
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8.00
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267727
Scott #632-4, 635-42, 1926-27 1c-10c Rotary set of 11 in block of 4. Mint VF or better. Includes VF/XF and XF stamps. Top pairs lightly hinged, bottom pairs NH. A superior set of blocks. (Scott 2019 $91.80 as VF singles.)
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85.00
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267240
Scott #633, 1927 1-1/2c yellow brown Harding top right plate number 19125 block of 4. Mint Fine. Hinged. (Scott 2018 $70.)
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32.00
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248937
Scott #636 [1927 4c yellow brown Martha Washington, Perforation 11 x 10.5] Top Right PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR #18038. NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Very fresh and attractive. A scarcer plate block; Scott 2024 value $92.50 for NH.
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64.00
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224815
Scott #637, 1927 5c Dark Blue Roosevelt Plate Block of 4. NH F-VF. (Scott 2012 $22.50).
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16.00
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248936
Scott #637 [1927 5c blue Theodore Roosevelt, Perforation 11 x 10.5] Top Left PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR #19101. NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Very fresh and attractive.
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14.00
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224816
Scott #638, 1927 6c Red Orange Garfield Plate Block of 4. NH F-VF. Brilliant color. (Scott 2012 $22.50).
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16.00
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224817
Scott #640, 1927 8c Olive Green Grant Plate Block of 4. NH VF. Rich color.
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17.00
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263775
Scott #641, 1927 9c rose Jefferson. NH Superb. Huge balanced margins! Perfect centering. (Scott 2015 for Superb $225.)
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190.00
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Scott #642, 1927 10c Orange Monroe top left plate number 18614 block of 4. NH Superb. Scarce so nice.
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28.00
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256776
Scott #643, 1927 2c Carmine Rose Battle of Bennington, bottom plate no. 19040 block of 6. NH VF. (Scott 2013 $55.)
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39.00
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260995
Scott #643, 1927 2c Carmine Rose Vermont. NH Superb. Balanced boardwalk margins. SMQ Superb (98) $140.
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110.00
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263777
Scott #644, 1927 2c carmine rose Saratoga. NH Superb. Incredible Boardwalk margins and perfect centering! (Scott 2015 for Superb $160.)
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140.00
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248938
Scott #644 [1927 2c carmine Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga] Bottom PLATE BLOCK OF SIX #19066. NEVER HINGED with XF centering. Wonderfully fresh and attractive with exceptionally nice centering that is seldom seen on this plate block. Scott 2024 value $42.50 for NH with ordinary centering; Scott graded value for XF/90 centered single stamps is $16.50 each. Scarce quality!
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64.00
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248939
Scott #644 [1927 2c carmine Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga] WIDE Top PLATE BLOCK OF SIX #19061. NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh and sound. Scott 2024 value $42.50 for NH.
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33.00
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248940
Scott #644 [1927 2c carmine Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga] Right PLATE BLOCK OF SIX #19067. Mint (has not been hinged but has some very slight mount glazing on gum) with F-VF centering. Very attractive. Scott 2024 value $32.50 for Hinged.
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17.00
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259334
Scott #645, 1928 2c Carmine Rose Valley Forge. NH XF++. Almost perfect centering with Boardwalk margins all around. Spectacular!
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26.00
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267245
Scott #645, 1928 2c carmine rose Valley Forge. Used XF/Superb. Four enormous JUMBO margins. A real eye-stopper! Rare so nice! (Scott 2018 for XF/Superb-95is $65 and Superb-98 is $230, not counting for JUMBO margins.)
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80.00
258461
Scott #645, 1928 2c Carmine Rose Washington at Valley Forge, bottom plate number 19501 block of 6. Mint F-VF. Two lightly hinged, rest NH. (Scott 2013 $25.)
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12.50
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Scott #646, 1928 2c Carmine Molly Pitcher, bottom left plate no. 19071 block. Mint F-VF. NH but has very slight gum matting so cataloged as hinged. (Scott 2013 $37.50 for hinged.)
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16.00
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260997
Scott #646, 1928 2c Carmine Molly Pitcher. NH XF-Superb. Exceptional centering. SMQ XF-Superb (95) $50, Superb (98) $155.
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45.00
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263778
Scott #646, 1928 2c carmine Molly Pitcher. NH XF. Exceptionally well centered. (Scott 2015 for XF $13.)
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10.00
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224782
Scott #648, 1928 5c Dark Blue Hawaii Block of 4. Mint F-VF. Bottom pair NH. (Scott 2008 $68).
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39.00
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228702
Scott #648, 1928 5c Dark Blue Hawaii Block of 4. Mint VF. Bottom pair NH.
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49.00
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228703
Scott #648, 1928 5c Dark Blue Hawaii Block of 4. NH VF/XF. Break up value over $100!
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89.00
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259355
Scott #648, 1928 5c Dark Blue Hawaii block of 4. NH F-VF. (Scott 2014 $86.)
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49.00
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259356
Scott #648, 1928 5c Dark Blue Hawaii block of 4. NH Fine. (Scott 2014 $86.)
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39.00
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260998
Scott #648, 1928 5c Dark Blue Hawaii. NH XF. Much better than usual centering. SMQ XF (90) $40.
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35.00
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260999
Scott #649, 1928 2c Carmine Rose Aeronautics. NH Superb. Perfect centering with enormous margins all around. SMQ Superb (98) $135.
ACTUAL item.
110.00
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Scott #649 [1928 2c carmine Aeronautics] Left PLATE BLOCK OF SIX #19655. Mint, one light hinge mark, with F-VF centering. Very fresh and attractive. Scott 2024 value $11.50 for Hinged.
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8.75
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248941
Scott #649 [1928 2c carmine Aeronautics] Right PLATE BLOCK OF SIX #19665. Mint with F-VF centering, but a few short perforations at bottom. Very attractive. Scott 2024 value $11.50 for Hinged.
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3.50
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247924
Scott #650 [1928 5c blue Aeronautics] NEVER HINGED with VF-XF centering with large margins, wonderful color and freshness, and perfect gum! An excellent example with crisp, detailed engraving impression! (Scott 2024 for XF/90 $11.)
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7.50
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247925
Scott #651 [1929 2c George Rogers Clark; Vincennes; 1779 Surrender of Fort Sackville] NEVER HINGED with XF centering and JUMBO MARGINS. This issue is normally poorly centered and normally with narrow side margins. This example has well-balanced, wide side margins and wide upper/lower margins. One could search through hundreds of unsorted examples and not find one this nice! Additionally, this example has a VERY UNUSUAL ROSE CARMINE color shade. Wonderfully fresh, with excellent perforations, perfect gum, and a detailed engraving impression. A superlative example -- it would be hard to find a nicer stamp. (Scott 2024 for XF/90, but not Jumbo and not an unusual color, is $17.50.)
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24.00
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247926
Scott #651 [1929 2c George Rogers Clark; Vincennes; 1779 Surrender of Fort Sackville] NEVER HINGED with VF-XF centering and unusually large margins. This issue is normally poorly centered and normally with narrow side margins. This example has well-balanced, wide side margins and upper/lower margins. Wonderfully fresh, with excellent perforations, perfect gum, and a crisp engraving impression. Even though this is a common stamp, examples this nice are hard to find.
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6.00
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247927
Scott #651 [1929 2c George Rogers Clark; Vincennes; 1779 Surrender of Fort Sackville] NEVER HINGED with VF-XF centering and unusually large margins. This issue is normally poorly centered and normally with narrow side margins. This example has well-balanced, wide side margins and upper/lower margins. Wonderfully fresh, with excellent perforations, perfect gum, and a crisp engraving impression. Even though this is a common stamp, examples this nice are hard to find.
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6.00
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247928
Scott #651 [1929 2c George Rogers Clark; Vincennes; 1779 Surrender of Fort Sackville] NEVER HINGED with VF-XF centering and unusually large margins. This issue is normally poorly centered and normally with narrow side margins. This example has well-balanced, wide side margins and upper/lower margins. Wonderfully fresh, with excellent perforations, perfect gum, and a crisp engraving impression. Even though this is a common stamp, examples this nice are hard to find.
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6.00
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247932
Scott #651 [1929 2c George Rogers Clark; Vincennes; 1779 Surrender of Fort Sackville] NEVER HINGED with XF centering. This issue is normally poorly centered. Fully perforated bottom guideline example from the 5th horizontal row of stamps.Printed in sheets of 100, with two panes (5 columns by 10 rows) side by side, divided (with a straight edge) into panes of 50 along a carmine vertical guideline, which is terminated in the top and pane/sheet margins without arrows. There is also a (perforated) horizontal guideline (terminated at extreme top and bottom of the sheet without arrows) between rows 5 and 6. Examples with the horizontal guideline seem to be scarce, likely due to the guideline stamps being used for postage instead of being collected. There are PANE margins at left OR right; the opposite being a straight-edge with guideline; the sides do not contain plate numbers. There are PANE margins at top AND bottom; each pane top margin bears each of carmine frame and black vignette plate numbers (right panes with the added letter "F") and the word "TOP" in carmine or black. Only 10 stamps out of every 50-pane had the natural straight edge on one of the left or right; the cutting of some sheets placed the horizontal guideline on one pane or the other. Examples with the straight edge are now hard to find (most were used for postage rather than going into collections). Examples with the horizontal guideline at top or bottom are also now harder to find for the same reasons. Examples showing the straight edge with the vertical guideline visible are scarcer. Intersection examples showing both the horizontal guideline and the side straight-edge / guideline are much scarcer. In the case of Used stamps with straight edges or guidelines of this inexpensive issue, many (most?) were discarded by collectors before their relative scarcity was understood. I think that collecting the guideline and straight-edge positions is quite challenging and rewarding.
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6.00
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248933
Scott #651 [1929 2c carmine/black George Rogers Clark; Vincennes] Top Margin (Left) PLATE BLOCK OF SIX: Carmine "TOP", #19722 carmine and #19729 black. NEVER HINGED with VERY FINE centering. This is a fascinating stamp issue for specialization: there are 12 left-side (non-F number) and 12 right-side (F number) frame plates, and 12 vignette plates; making a total of 288 possible combinations. None of the combinations are rare, but it is a great challenge to find them all. Very fresh and attractive. #19722 is an "even composite" number; it is composed of four distinct prime numbers multiplied together. #19729 is an "odd composite" number; it is composed of two distinct prime numbers multiplied together. Quite hard to find with such nice centering.
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24.00
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248934
Scott #651 [1929 2c carmine/black George Rogers Clark; Vincennes] Top Margin (Left) PLATE BLOCK OF SIX: Carmine "TOP", #19723 carmine and #19735 black. NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. This is a fascinating stamp issue for specialization: there are 12 left-side (non-F number) and 12 right-side (F number) frame plates, and 12 vignette plates; making a total of 288 possible combinations. None of the combinations are rare, but it is a great challenge to find them all. Very fresh and attractive.
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17.00
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Scott #651 [1929 2c carmine/black George Rogers Clark; Vincennes] Top Margin (Left) PLATE BLOCK OF SIX: Carmine "TOP", #19720 carmine and #19734 black. NEVER HINGED with usual Fine centering. This is a fascinating stamp issue for specialization: there are 12 left-side (non-F number) and 12 right-side (F number) frame plates, and 12 vignette plates; making a total of 288 possible combinations. None of the combinations are rare, but it is a great challenge to find them all. Very fresh and attractive.
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15.00
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248931
Scott #651 [1929 2c carmine/black George Rogers Clark; Vincennes] Top Margin (Left) PLATE BLOCK OF SIX: Carmine "TOP", #19721 carmine and #19730 black. NEVER HINGED with usual Fine centering. This is a fascinating stamp issue for specialization: there are 12 left-side (non-F number) and 12 right-side (F number) frame plates, and 12 vignette plates; making a total of 288 possible combinations. None of the combinations are rare, but it is a great challenge to find them all. Very fresh and attractive. #19721 is an "odd composite" number; it is composed of three distinct prime numbers multiplied together.
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15.00
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248932
Scott #651 [1929 2c carmine/black George Rogers Clark; Vincennes] Top Margin (Left) PLATE BLOCK OF SIX: Carmine "TOP", #19722 carmine and #19730 black. NEVER HINGED with usual Fine centering. This is a fascinating stamp issue for specialization: there are 12 left-side (non-F number) and 12 right-side (F number) frame plates, and 12 vignette plates; making a total of 288 possible combinations. None of the combinations are rare, but it is a great challenge to find them all. Very fresh and attractive. #19722 is an "even composite" number; it is composed of four distinct prime numbers multiplied together.
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15.00
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248828
Scott #651 [1929 2c carmine/black George Rogers Clark; Vincennes] TOP Margin RIGHT PLATE BLOCK OF SIX: Black "TOP", F#19730 black and F#19740 carmine. Mint, lightly hinged (on three stamps, NH on the other three stamps) with F-VF centering. This is a fascinating stamp issue for specialization: there are 12 left-side and 12 right-side frame plate, and 12 vignette plates; making a total of 288 possible combinations. None of the combinations are rare, but it is a great challenge to find them all. Very fresh and attractive.
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15.00
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248829
Scott #651 [1929 2c carmine/black George Rogers Clark; Vincennes] TOP Margin RIGHT PLATE BLOCK OF SIX: Black "TOP", F#19733 black and F#19723 carmine. Mint with Fine centering, four stamps NH. Has not actually been hinged, but the two left stamps have minor mount/page adhesion. This is a fascinating stamp issue for specialization: there are 12 left-side and 12 right-side frame plate, and 12 vignette plates; making a total of 288 possible combinations. None of the combinations are rare, but it is a great challenge to find them all. Very fresh and attractive.
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12.00
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261000
Scott #654 [1929 2c Carmine Rose Edison, Flat Plate, Perf 11 x 11] NEVER HINGED with XF-Superb centering. Incredibly well centered for this issue. Wonderfully crisp print on white paper. Brilliant! (Scott 2025 graded value is $50 for NH XF-Superb/95.) An outstanding example!
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39.00
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247934
Scott #654 [1929 2c carmine rose Edison, Flat Plate, Perf 11 x 11] NEVER HINGED with large margins and Superb centering. One slightly blunted perforation tip and the normal tiny gum skips (speck size; you might need a magnifying glass; only mentioned for absolute completeness), but is an outstanding example with perfect centering and wonderful freshness. This stamp is quite scarce with centering this nice as evidenced by the Scott graded value. (Scott 2024 value for Superb/98 is $160 and for XF-Superb/95 it is $50.) Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, but it would be difficult to find another example this nice!
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49.00
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267731
Scott #654, 1929 2c carmine rose Edison bottom plate number 19778 block of 6. NH Fine. (Scott 2018 $40.)
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17.50
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270716
Scott #655, 1929 2c carmine rose Edison rotary. NH XF/Superb. Wonderfully fresh. This stamp is very hard to find with nice centering. (Scott 2020 $45 for XF/Superb-95.)
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35.00
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263780
Scott #656 PAIR [1929 2c carmine rose Edison Coil] NEVER HINGED with XF centering. Wonderfully fresh with extremely nice centering, perfect perforations, great color, and pristine gum. (Scott 2025 graded value for NH XF/90 is $75.)
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49.00
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Scott #656 PAIR [1929 2 cent Carmine Rose Edison Coil] NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Fresh with typical centering. (Scott 2025 NH value is $45).
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19.00
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259336
Scott #656 LINE PAIR [1929 2c Carmine Rose Edison, Coil] Mint, lightly hinged, with Superb centering. Exceptionally well centered for this issue. An outstanding example of a line pair this is very hard to find in such nice quality, as demonstrated with the high Scott graded premium value. (Scott 2025 graded value for Mint Hinged Superb/98 is $200!!!)
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129.00
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267246
Scott #656, 1929 2c carmine rose Edison COIL LINE PAIR. NH F-VF. (Scott 2018 $110.)
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59.00
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258467
Scott #657, 1929 2c Carmine Rose Sullivan Expedition, full top plate number 19786 block of 6. NH F-VF. (Scott 2013 $35.)
ACTUAL item.
27.00
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259335
Scott #657, 1929 2c Carmine Rose Sullivan Expedition. Mint Superb. Balanced Boardwalk margins. Hinged. A truly exceptional stamp!
ACTUAL item.
14.00
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264292
Scott #657, 1929 2c carmine rose Sullivan Expedition. Mint XF, extremely lightly hinged. Enormous balanced margins.
ACTUAL item.
4.00
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248949
Scott #657 [1929 2c carmine Sullivan Expedition] WIDE Top PLATE BLOCK OF SIX #19786. NEVER HINGED with F-VF centering. Wonderfully fresh and sound with extremely crisp and clear engraving impression. Scott 2024 value $27.50 for NH.
ACTUAL item.