The “Laila” Collection of United States Stamps continued...

**1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-39)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
3030		1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Original gum, single hinge mark at top, choice centering with balanced margins, brilliant color, long and full perforations all around EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 ONE-CENT TYPE I. A STAMP WITH TREMENDOUS VISUAL APPEAL. With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,400.00 SOLD for $3,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
3031		1c Blue, Ty. II (20). Position 63L12 with prominent double transfer at top which is especially noticeable in the letters at top, original gum, rich color, Very Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail without premium for the double transfer (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,200.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
3032		1c Blue, Ty. III (21). Plate 4, original gum, h.r., rich color on bright paper VERY FINE. A SCARCE SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE PERFORATED 1857 ONE-CENT TYPE III STAMP. This stamp was made from Plate 4, which had narrow spacing between stamps. It originally produced imperforate stamps and was used only briefly after the introduction of perforations in 1857 before being discontinued. The narrow spacing on the plate, combined with the difficulties experienced when perforations were first introduced, accounts for the rarity of well-centered stamps made from this plate. With 1957 and 2005 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	17,500.00 SOLD for $7,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
3033		1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Original gum, single hinge mark, intense shade with characteristic plate wash from Plate 11, long and full perforations all around, showing wide break in outer line at top and full line at bottom (the characteristic of the type) VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 ONE-CENT TYPE IIIA, WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TYPE. With 1988 and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,600.00 SOLD for $2,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
3034		1c Blue, Ty. IV (23). Slightly disturbed original gum, recut once at top and twice at bottom, rich color on bright paper, clearly showing the recut lines, long and full perforations all around VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 ONE-CENT TYPE IV, WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TYPE. Only 21 positions were recut once at top and twice at bottom. With 1968 and 2005 P.F. certificates not mentioning the recutting. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	10,500.00 SOLD for $4,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
3035		1c Blue, Ty. V (24). Original gum, barest trace of hinging, pretty shade, wide margins, Very Fine and choice, with 1986 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	170.00 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
3036		3c Rose, Ty. I (25). Original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color, intense impression, choice centering VERY FINE AND CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 3-CENT TYPE I ISSUE. Ex Vineyard. With 1995 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	3,000.00 SOLD for $1,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
3037		3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Mint N.H., rich color on bright paper, well-balanced margins, fresh and Extremely Fine, Scott Retail as hinged (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	75.00 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
3038		5c Brick Red (27). Original gum, bright shade and very fresh, accompanying certificate notes "lightly soiled at top", an opinion which we believe is not only harsh, but totally inaccurate VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 5-CENT BRICK RED SHADE -- IN OUR OPINION, THE BRICK RED IS ONE OF THE RAREST STAMPS OF THE CLASSIC PERIOD IN SOUND CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL GUM. After surveying dozens of classic United States sale catalogues, we found approximately twenty stamps with original gum, allowing for duplicate offerings and excluding the one known original-gum block. Of the stamps we counted, about half had perfs touching two sides or were deeply cut into on one side. Almost two-thirds had stains or small faults. With 1992 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	80,000.00 SOLD for $22,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
3039		5c Indian Red (28A). Part original gum, beautiful color in the true Indian Red shade, detailed impression clearly showing the lathework background, light diagonal crease and two small corner creases at top right FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 5-CENT INDIAN RED ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST ORIGINAL-GUM STAMPS IN UNITED STATES PHILATELY -- ONLY FOUR INDIAN RED STAMPS WITH ANY AMOUNT OF GUM ARE CONTAINED IN OUR RECORDS. Our search of old auction catalogues and the records of the Philatelic Foundation yielded only ten unused examples of Scott 28A. Of these, only four have been described as having any gum whatsoever. These are: 1) the stamp offered in the Whitman sale (Siegel Sale 968, lot 37, realized $130,000 hammer), previously in the 1941 C. A. Brown sale by Harmer, Rooke & Co. where described as "full original gum", also ex 1968 Rarities sale and A. T. Seymour Collection (Siegel Sale 373, Apr. 23, 1970, lot 35) where described as "large part original gum" and 2005 Rarities sale (lot 102, realized $75,000 hammer), 2) the "Ambassador" copy (Siegel Sale 300, Apr. 27, 1966, lot 45A), described as part original gum, also ex Argentum (Siegel Sale 807, Feb. 23, 1999, lot 76) where described as "unused (traces of gum)", 3) the Caspary/Lilly copy, described in both catalogues as full original gum and with light horizontal crease, offered in our auction of the Hoffman Collection (Siegel Sale 956, lot 35, realized $180,000 hammer), and 4) the example offered here, ex Geisler. Ex Geisler. With 1996 and 2007 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	175,000.00 SOLD for $110,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
3040		5c Brown (29). Original gum, choice centering side-to-side and with wide margin at bottom, attractive shade, fresh and Fine, with 1995 A.P.S. and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	3,500.00 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction

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