Ralph Rucker Collection Fixed Price Pt II

S-233



LOT 318 1802 S-233 R2+ VF25 Glossy chocolate brown with the highpoints a shade or two lighter than the fields. Smooth and attractive, just a few trivial marks. The only notable defect is a thin nick close under the D in UNITED. E-MDS, Breen state II, with a small wedge-shaped rim cud under the 18 and a slight bulge in the field at the bust tip. Called VF30 net VF25 and tied for CC#9 in the Noyes census, his photo #32895. Graded VF30 by Doug Smith. Comes with a very nice provenance. $1,500 Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 4/19/1971 ($140)-C. Douglas Smith-Denis Loring-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-Del Bland 1975-Alan Meghrig 1993 Del Bland-Dr. Philip W. Ralls-Jack Wadlington 4/2004 (via Chris McCawley)-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/ Goldbergs 9/6/2009:453.



LOT 319 1802 S-233 R2+ F12 Five points sharper, and it looks smooth to the unaided eye, but a glass reveals uniform microscopic granularity under the glossy olive brown toning. No contact marks but there are traces of very fine verdigris in protected areas. MDS, Breen state II, with a slightly larger cud break under the 1 in the date. $400

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FIXED PRICE LIST

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