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The William S. Langs Stock & Private Holdings, Part 4:
U.S. Errors, Freaks and Oddities


1980-1985 Great Americans Issue




Lot Photo Description
Lot 2438
1983, 1¢ Dorothea Dix, imperf (Scott 1844a), plate block of 4, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine, at least 100 pairs reported.
Scott $500 as 2 pairs.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized $325.
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Lot 2439
1983, 1¢ Dorothea Dix, imperf between (Scott 1844b), vertical plate block of 20, top stamps Scott #1844, each with horizontal perforations shifted diagonally, bottom right pair imperforate between and bottom left stamp with perforations touching top stamp, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, at least 100 pairs reported, with 1995 P.F. certificate.
Scott $2,000 as two pair.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800.
Realized $850.
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Lot 2440
1984, 10¢ Richard Russell, pre-printing paper fold (Scott 1853), left margin block of 15, unique foldover error that effects five stamps and tears bottom of bottom center stamp, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 500.
Realized $200.
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Lot 2441
1984, 10¢ Richard Russell, imperf between and at bottom (Scott 1853b), vertical pair, o.g., never hinged; fingerprints on gum, Very Fine, only 10-20 pairs reported.
Scott $550.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized $500.
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Lot 2442
1984, 10¢ Richard Russell, imperf between (Scott 1853c), horizontal pair, transitional strip of five with left three stamps normal and right pair imperf between, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, only 10 pairs reported.
Scott $1,250.
Estimate $600 - 800.
Realized $850.
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Lot 2443
1984, 10¢ Richard Russell, imperforate (Scott 1853 var.), horizontal pair, believed to be printers waste, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized $130.
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Lot 2444
1985, 14¢ Sinclair Lewis, imperf horizontally (Scott 1856b), plate block of 20, o.g., never hinged; tear and perf separations of selvage of ninth stamp down, Fine to Very Fine, only 200-250 pairs reported.
Scott $900.
Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized $225.
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Lot 2445
1981, 18¢ George Mason, pre-printing paper fold (Scott 1858 var), plate block of 26, with preprint paper fold diagonally shifting all of the horizontal perforations from seven rows up from bottom to top of multiple, includes full gutter between plate numbers 3 and 4, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 500.
Realized $450.
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Lot 2446
1985, 22¢ Audubon, perforation shift (Scott 1863, 1863f), block of 40, each horizontal perf row shifted diagonally at nearly a 45 degree upward slope and imperf pair at lower right, o.g., never hinged; several fingerprints on gum, Very Fine.
Scott $1,300 ++ as 1 pair.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized $450.
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Lot 2447
1984, 30¢ Frank C. Laubach, tagging omitted (Scott 1864c), bottom margin vertical pair, transitional pair, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, unpriced, 8 pairs reported.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized $190.
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Lot 2448
1984, 30¢ Frank C. Laubach, tagging omitted (Scott 1864c), Zip corner margin block of 4, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine, only 8 pairs reported.
Scott $900 as singles.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized $550.
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Lot 2449
1982, 37¢ Robert Millikan, perforation shift (Scott 1866), Zip block of 35, interesting major vertical perf shift, slightly to the right, moving name from left side of stamp to right side of stamp, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized $160.
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Lot 2450
1985, 39¢ Grenville Clark, imperf (Scott 1867 var.), vertical strip of 3, o.g., never hinged; slight black soiling on gum, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized $550.
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Lot 2451
1985, 39¢ Grenville Clark (Scott 1867 var), block of 10, diagonally misperfed to create imperf between errors, with one and a half stamps at left and becoming a progressively larger as the misperf moves right, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized $250.
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