Sale 1389 — The Nick Kardasis Collection of the 1869 Pictorial Issue, Part Two
Sale Date — Wednesday, 30 September, 2026
Category — 12¢ S.S. Adriatic (Scott 117)
12c Green (117). Superb centering and deep rich color, proof-like impression, blue cork cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, ex Klein, Renne and Dr. Morris, with 1988, 1994 and 2021 P.F. certificates (XF-Superb 95), SCV $255
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2021 PF No. 574970 Graded 95 View Cert
1994 PF No. 0283963 View Cert
1988 PF No. 0201621 View Cert
12c Green (117). Superb centering, deep shade, target cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1995 and 2021 P.F. certificates (XF-Superb 95), SCV $130
12c Green (117). Perfectly centered, bright shade, cancelled by full strike of Negative Star fancy cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, ex Rust and Koppersmith, with 2008 and 2021 P.F. certificates (XF-Superb 95), SCV $130
12c Green (117). Choice centering, bright shade, cancelled by red Baltimore Four Diamonds foreign mail cancel and part of datestamp, Extremely Fine, with 2008 P.F. certificate, SCV $280
12c Green (117). Choice centering, rich color, cancelled by blue Philadelphia 8-Point Star foreign mail cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1998 P.F. certificate, SCV $255
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1998 PF No. 0324984 View Cert
12c Green (117). Jumbo margins and choice centering, bright shade, cancelled by a single strike of Philadelphia multi-point Star cancel (described on certificate as doubly struck, which it is not), Extremely Fine, ex Lehman, with 1991 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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1991 PF No. 0250992 View Cert
12c Green (117). Perfect centering and wide margins, bright shade, clear strike of New York Foreign Mail Circle of Hollow Wedges cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1988 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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1988 PF No. 0199125 View Cert
12c Green (117). Wide margins and beautifully centered, bright shade, blue circle of wedges cancel, Extremely Fine, SCV $255
12c Green (117). Well-centered, rich color, clear strike of blue Philadelphia 8-Point Star foreign mail cancel, Very Fine, illustrated in Rose 1869 book (p. 96), ex Haas, with 1998 P.F. certificate, SCV $255
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1998 PF No. 0329134 View Cert
12c Green (117). Well-centered, rich color, red cork cancel (really more of an orange-red), Very Fine and choice, with 1999 P.F. certificate, SCV $280
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1999 PF No. 0336308 View Cert
12c Green (117). Beautifully centered, deep shade and proof-like impression, Rosette cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1984 and 2003 P.F. certificates, and 2007 P.S.E. certificate, SCV $130
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2007 PSE No. 010892234 View Cert
2003 PF No. 0395766 View Cert
1984 PF No. 0127856 View Cert
12c Green (117). Choice centering, rich color, circle of wedges cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1992 and 2022 P.F. certificates (XF 90), SCV $130
12c Green (117). Choice centering, intense shade, perfect strike of Leaf fancy cancel, Extremely Fine, Brettl backstamp, SCV $130
12c Green (117). Choice centering, rich color and proof-like impression, complete and clear strike of Maltese Cross cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2006 P.F. and 2007 P.S.E. certificates, SCV $130
12c Green (117). Choice centering, rich color, clearly struck target cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2021 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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2021 PF No. 574968 View Cert
1999 PF No. 0334678 View Cert
1998 PF No. 0329944 View Cert
12c Green (117). Position 141R, wide margins including interpane margin and part guide arrow at left, crisp shade, target cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2010 P.S.E. and 2012 P.F. certificates, SCV $130
12c Green (117). Wide margins and well-centered, deep shade, Four Squares cancel, Extremely Fine, ex Gore, with 1985 and 1999 P.F. certificates, SCV $130
12c Green (117). Jumbo margins and precise centering, rich color, grid cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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2000 PF No. 0355284 View Cert
12c Green (117). Jumbo margins and choice centering, brilliant color, full clear strike of Maltese Cross fancy cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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2000 PF No. 0349798 View Cert
12c Green (117). Choice centering, deep shade, perfect and complete strike of quartered cork in frame cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2013 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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2013 PF No. 510212 View Cert
12c Green (117). Choice centering, crisp shade, target cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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1999 PF No. 0334677 View Cert
12c Green (117). Wide margins, well-centered, cancelled by clearly struck Rosette fancy cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate, SCV $130
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2006 PSE No. 01072134 View Cert
12c Green (117). Well-centered, deep shade, mostly clear strike of segmented Diamond within Diamond fancy cancel of Evansville Ind. (Skinner-Eno GE-D 20), Very Fine and choice, with 1997 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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1997 PF No. 0317301 View Cert
12c Green (117). Well-centered, crisp shade, clearly struck Crossroads cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 1998 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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1998 PF No. 0329945 View Cert
12c Green (117). Well-centered, bright shade, cancelled by full and clear strike of two-ring target cancel, Very Fine, this non-standard target cancel is rare, with 2000 P.F. and 2013 P.S.E. certificates, SCV $130
12c Green (117). Well-centered, crisp shade, perfect socked-on-the-nose strike of non-standard 12-bar grid cancel, Very Fine, with 2008 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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2008 PF No. 460392 View Cert
12c Green (117). Well-centered, bright shade, part strike of New York Foreign Mail 8-Point Star in Circle cancel, Very Fine, with 1995 P.F. certificate, SCV $130
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1995 PF No. 0297666 View Cert
12c Green (117). Choice centering, cancelled by red New York datestamp, small corner crease at bottom right, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.F. certificate, SCV $280
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2004 PF No. 0415106 View Cert
12c Green (117). Superb centering, bright shade, bold red target cancel, short perf at lower right, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 2012 P.F. certificate, SCV $280
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2012 PF No. 502620 View Cert
12c Green (117). Well-centered, rich color, full strike of red Baltimore Segmented Grid foreign mail cancel, tiny trivial tear in perf hole at top, Very Fine appearance, with 2009 P.F. certificate, SCV $280
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2009 PF No. 475159 View Cert
12c Green (117). Perfs touch, cancelled by clear strike of "10" in circle, attributed to Olympia Washington Terr. (Skinner-Eno NS-J 33) but accompanying 2015 P.F. certificate declines opinion as to origin, Fine stamp with scarce numeral cancel, ex Juhring, SCV $255
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2015 PF No. 529578 View Cert
12c Green (117). Superb centering and margins, rich color, cancelled by U.S. Postage Agency in Shanghai circle of wedges and New York datestamp with integral "Paid", small internal tear at lower right, Extremely Fine appearance, with 2021 P.F. certificate, SCV $130 without premium for cancels
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2021 PF No. 582635 View Cert
12c Green (117). Deep rich color, cancelled by bold strike of U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai 5-Point Star fancy cancel (unlisted in Skinner-Eno), faint creases, Very Fine appearance, this cancel was used by the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai (see Sale 966, lot 2110, for 12c on cover)
12c Green (117). 10 stamps selected for centering and/or cancellation, cancels include Lambertville N.J. Cross, three blue cork carvings and a blue oval ribbon-marker datestamp, two pen cancels, six with P.F. certificates describing small faults, four without certificates but we note a couple of trivial flaws, Very Fine-Extremely Fine appearance, SCV $1,800
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2004 PF No. 0405799 View Cert