2002 February Long Beach Signature Sale - Session 5

Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $8 About New. A high-grade circulated piece, with small but even margins all the way around. Important notice

Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $20 Choice New. Quite a good-looking piece, with margins considerably larger than those typically encountered

Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $20 Choice New. Rather closely margined but quite nice in all other respects. Important notice: We expect to

Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $40 Choice About New. Broad, even margins all around as well as excellent back centering. Important notice: W

Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $60 New. Boldly signed and numbered, this note is tight across the top, and it has a few age spots and some mi

Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $60 Extremely Fine. This is a falsely filled-in blue-paper counterfeit detector that was signed, numbered and

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $30 Very Choice New. Nicely centered, with strong signatures, good color and excellent printing quality. Import

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $35 Very Choice New. This unusual denomination is found only in the final issue of the eleven Continental emissi

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $35 New. What would otherwise have been a very nice note is trimmed into the border all the way around. Importa

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $40 Choice Very Fine. A very nice, problem-free circulated example. Important notice: We expect to be auctionin

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $45 Choice New. The margins are close in spots on this odd-denomination Continental. Important notice: We expec

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $50 About New. There is a light vertical center fold, and the note is slightly aged. Important notice: We expec

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $55 Very Choice New. A Gem in every respect but for the centering, which is not at all bad. The right face marg

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $55 Very Choice New. This odd-denomination Continental meets the Gem criteria in every sense but for centering.

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $70 Gem New. Broadly margined, well signed and problem-free, this $70 denomination is found only from this final

Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $70 Choice New. A nicely signed example of the $70 denomination, which is found only in this final issue of Cont

Connecticut May 10, 1770 2s6d Fine. Well circulated but solid for the grade, and most importantly, uncanceled. This is a scarce issue to begin with,

Connecticut May 10, 1775 40s Choice New. A slit-canceled example of an otherwise very nice note. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at

Connecticut May 10, 1775 40s Choice About New. Uncanceled and therefore quite scarce. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate o

Connecticut June 1, 1775 6s About New. A nice, uncanceled example that is kept from the New grade by a horizontal center fold. Important notice: We e

Two Connecticuts and a Pennsylvania. The Connecticuts are a Very Fine uncanceled 20s from June 1, 1775 and a Very Fine crosscut-canceled 2s6d from Jul

Connecticut June 1, 1775 40s Choice New. An uncanceled example with a close bottom margin and slightly rounded top corners. Very common canceled but

Connecticut June 1, 1775 40s Choice About New. Uncanceled, bright and attractive, with strong signatures and no problems. Important notice: We expect

Connecticut July 1, 1775 40s Choice About New. A scarce, uncanceled example that's quite attractive and problem-free. Important notice: We expe...

Connecticut June 7, 1776 1s Very Choice New. Uncanceled and quite near the full Gem grade. The red signature is rather faded. Important notice: We e

Connecticut June 19, 1776 6d Choice About New. Uncanceled and problem-free, but the red serial number and signature have faded. Important notice: We

Connecticut June 19, 1776 9d Choice New. This nice note has all its deep original embossing and, importantly, it is uncanceled. Nice uncanceled notes

Connecticut June 19, 1776 9d About New. An uncanceled example of this issue, which is found canceled well over 90% of the time. Embossed and original,

Connecticut June 19, 1776 1s3d Gem New. This note is slit canceled as are most, but it's an unusually nice example. Important notice: We expect...

Connecticut June 19, 1776 2s Choice New. The crosscut cancel is held closed by a stamp hinge on the back. The note is particularly bright. Important

Connecticut October 11, 1777 2d Gem New. This uncanceled Blue Paper Small Change note is very well margined and without a flaw. This issue is quite c

Connecticut October 11, 1777 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d and 7d. All five notes are on blue paper, all five have the normal slit-cancel and all five grade Choice N

Connecticut October 11, 1777 2d, 3d, 4d and 5d. All four notes are slit canceled. One grades Choice New, two About New and one Extremely Fine. All a

Connecticut October 11, 1777 3d Gem New. A real beauty, with a bold brown signature. This uncanceled note is the Blue Paper variety. It's part...

Connecticut October 11, 1777 3d About New. An uncanceled blue-paper Small Change note. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate

Connecticut October 11, 1777 4d About New. This Small Change note is uncanceled. This issue is almost always found with a slit cancel, and uncanceled

Connecticut October 11, 1777 4d Choice Very Fine. This blue-paper note is extremely well margined, with a good signature and serial number, and most i

Connecticut October 11, 1777 7d New. There is a small stain, and the signature is faded, but this blue-paper Small Change note is uncanceled. Importa

Connecticut October 11, 1777 7d Choice About New. There is a very light center fold on this blue-paper uncanceled note. It's signed and numbere...

Connecticut July 1, 1780 40s Choice New. The note has a light crosscut cancel which is not easy to see. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning

Connecticut June 1, 1780 5s Gem New. Beautifully bright and with unusually strong signatures and the large hole cancel that is typical for this issue.

Connecticut June 1, 1780 10s Choice New. Beautifully bright and fresh but with the large hole cancel that is very commonly seen on this issue. Import

Connecticut June 1, 1780 20s Choice New. Hole canceled as almost always. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate of 200-250 per

Connecticut July 1, 1780 1s3d New. Very lightly cut-canceled with what had been intended to be a crosscut "X," but it did not penetrate th...

A Dozen Hole Canceled Connecticuts. All grade About New to Choice New, and all are from the final two Connecticut issues of June 1, 1780 and July 1, 1

Connecticut Fiscal Paper. Eight pieces varying in grade and type: one is nearly torn in half and several are New or nearly so. All are canceled. 8 n

Delaware May 1, 1758 20s Fine-Very Fine. But for edge splits at the center fold which have been reinforced with preservation tape on the back, this is

Delaware June 1, 1759 15s Fine. This note was printed by Ben Franklin and bears his name on the back. The note has been split along its horizontal ce

Delaware January 1, 1776 5s Very Choice New. The margins are quite close all around but never touch the design on the face, although the back does tou

Delaware January 1, 1776 5s About New. The margins are fairly close all around, and there are a few very light stains, but the note remains quite attr