Wash-Franklin Era (Scott 331-550) 
1c Blue, Ty. III – Scott 8(0)
FINEST ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE Position 44L4, original gum, lightly hinged, large margins at top and bottom, ample to clear at sides, deep rich Plate 4 color and sharp impression from a late state of the plate with unusually wide breaks in top and bottom outer lines EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS THE FINEST ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE [...]
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1918 24c Carmine Rose and Blue “Inverted Jenny” Scott C3a
THE FINEST NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE Few stamps hold the widespread fascination of the “Inverted Jenny” and the importance of its undisputed popularity combined with the unimprovable virgin condition cannot be overstated. The Finer of the two graded Never Hinged example known. The ultimate “virgin” inverted Jenny. The 1918 Twenty Four Cent Inverted Jenny is one of [...]
10c Panama-Pacific, Perf 10 – Scott 404
FINEST GRADED EXAMPLE Mint N.H., mathematically perfect centering with equally wide margins all around, vibrant color and proof-like impression, post-office fresh paper and gum EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS IS THE FINEST GRADED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT PANAMA-PACIFIC PERF 10, HAVING ACHIEVED A GEM 100 GRADE FROM P.S.E.–NO OTHER SCOTT 404 HAS REACHED THE PERFECT 100-POINT [...]
2c Deep Rose, Ty. Ia, Imperforate – Scott 482A
Schermack Ty. III Private Perforation Incredibly deep rich color on bright paper, with full Schermack perforations on both sides, with additional margin to left of Schermack perforations, wide margins at top and bottom, centered to left as are virtually all known examples, cancelled by perfect wavy-line machine cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS IS THE FINEST [...]