Classic Rarities 
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 [...]
1c Pan-American, Center Inverted – Scott 294a
ONE OF THE FINEST LIGHTLY-HINGED EXAMPLES Unusually choice centering and wide margins for this Invert error, barest trace of hinging, deep rich colors on bright paper, remarkable state of freshness EXTREMELY FINE GEM. NO DOUBT ONE OF THE FINEST LIGHTLY-HINGED EXAMPLES OF THE ONE-CENT PAN-AMERICAN INVERT. The 1c Pan-American Inverts were found in at least [...]
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 [...]