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Inducted specimens whose photographs are still being sourced. Listed for completeness; visual cards will appear as photographs are added.

• 1897 · 1897 China Red Revenue Small One Dollar · The Block of 4 - crown jewel
  Mint - block of 4 · $18,800,000 record · 4 sales
• 1867 · 1867 US 1c Benjamin Franklin Z-Grill (Scott 85A) - 2024 Gross sale · The Zoellner/Sundman/Gross copy
  Used - cancelled - the finer of two known · $4,366,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 15c Z-Grill · The Gross copy (ex-Zoellner 1998)
  Used - cancelled - finer of two known · $3,673,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 15c Lincoln Z-Grill (Scott 85F) - Gross copy · The Gross copy (ex-Zoellner 1998) - CONFIRMED same as existing CSV row
  Used - cancelled - finer of two known · $3,673,000 record · 1 sale
• 1935 · 1935 Russia 1935 Levanevsky Inverted Overprint (Roosevelt Block) · The Roosevelt Block
  Mint block of 4 - inverted overprint · $2,700,000 record · 1 sale
• 1859 · 1859 Sicilian Error of Color (1/2 grano blue) · Bolaffi/Dreyfus specimen
  Used - finest known in perfect condition · $2,600,000 record · 1 sale
• 1855 · 1855 Treskilling Yellow · The Unique Example
  Used - cancelled Nya Kopparberget July 13 1857 · $2,500,000 record · 9 sales
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single · Position 49
  Mint NH · $2,006,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Centerline Block of Four (positions 45-46-55-56) · Unique Centerline Block of Four (positions 45-46-55-56)
  Disturbed OG - spectacular showpiece - unique centerline between stamps · $1,740,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 15c Lincoln Z-Grill (Scott 85F) - New Amsterdam copy · New Amsterdam Collection copy - one of two known
  Fine used - cancelled - last seen 1975 · $1,610,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single · Position 49 (never-hinged rediscovery)
  XF-Superb 95 PSE grade · $1,593,000 record · 1 sale
• 1908 · 1908 US 2c Washington Vertical Coil (Scott 321) - Siegel 2021 · Pair - one of four known unused pairs
  Mint OG - lightly hinged - pair · $1,480,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single · Position 95
  XF-Superb 95 PSE grade · $1,351,250 record · 1 sale
• 1869 · 1869 US 1869 24c Columbus Invert (Scott 120a) - finest unused · Ex-Schaefer Collection finest unused 24c Invert
  Unused no gum - finest centering of the 4 known unused · $1,200,000 record · 1 sale
• 1908 · 1908 US 2c Vertical Coil (Scott 321) · The Gross pair (ex-Brody 2002)
  Mint hinged - pair - sound · $1,180,000 record · 1 sale
• 1908 · 1908 US 2c Washington Vertical Coil (Scott 321) - Gross pair - June 2024 · The Gross pair (ex-Brody 2002 / New Amsterdam 2019)
  Mint OG - lightly hinged pair - sound - ex Brody/New Amsterdam/Gross · $1,180,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 10c Washington Z-Grill (Scott 85D) - New Amsterdam copy · New Amsterdam Collection finest copy
  Used - finest known · $1,150,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single · Unspecified position
  Used · $977,500 record · 2 sales
• 1867 · 1867 US 1c Franklin Z-Grill (Scott 85A) - second copy · The Zoellner copy - second known 1c Z-Grill
  Used - cancelled - Zoellner copy · $935,000 record · 1 sale
• 1897 · 1897 China 10c on 9 Candareen Surcharge · Single inverted surcharge
  Used - inverted surcharge · $933,300 record · 1 sale
• 1897 · 1897 China Red Revenue Small One Dollar · Single Small One Dollar
  Unused - mint · $933,300 record · 4 sales
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 2c Invert Block of 4 (Scott 295a) - Whitman · Block of four from Whitman Collection - largest recorded multiple
  OG - block of four - disturbed gum - rich colors · $920,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 3c Washington B-Grill (Scott 83) - Perry Hansen · Ex-Perry Hansen Collection finest
  Fine used - black grid cancel - one of four known · $900,000 record · 1 sale
• 1864 · 1864 Penny Red Plate 77 · The 'PI' example on cover - finest in private hands
  Used on cover - Highbury London cancel · $844,000 record · 3 sales
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 84 · Position 84 - Heritage November 2007
  Mint - OG - superb centering - finest single known · $825,000 record · 1 sale
• 1862 · 1862 Hong Kong 96c Olive-Bistre Block of 4 · Block of four
  Mint OG - unique block of 4 · $824,000 record · 1 sale
• 1908 · 1908 US 2c Washington Vertical Coil (Scott 321) - New Amsterdam pair · New Amsterdam Collection pair (ex-Brody 2002)
  Mint OG - lightly hinged pair - sound - one of very few recorded pairs · $805,000 record · 1 sale
• 1931 · 1931 China Inverted Sun Yat-sen · Pair specimen
  Mint - pair (2 pairs survive from sheet of 50) · $707,000 record · 1 sale
• 1897 · 1897 China 10c on 9 Candareen Surcharge · Single mint
  Mint · $700,000 record · 1 sale
• 1857 · 1857 Russia Tiflis City Post 6k · Mikulski/Feldman copy
  Used - finest known · $700,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 3c B-Grill (Scott 83) - New Amsterdam 2019 · New Amsterdam Collection 3c B-Grill
  Fine used - black grid cancel - one of four known · $661,250 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 3c Washington B-Grill (Scott 83) - Siegel 2015 · One of four known B-Grills - ex 2015 sale
  Fine used - black grid cancel - one of four known · $660,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 3c B-Grill (Scott 83) - Siegel 2015 · 3c B-Grill - Siegel June 2015
  Fine used - black grid cancel - one of four known · $660,000 record · 1 sale
• 1869 · 1869 US 1869 24c Columbus Invert (Scott 120a) - 2001 Pan American Block · Block of 4 - William H. Gross Collection
  VF Used - plate block of 4 - unique block - Gross collection · $625,000 record · 1 sale
• 2001 · 2001 Germany Audrey Hepburn Error · Mint pane of 10 (Ferrer charity sale)
  Mint sheet of 10 - Sean Ferrer's copy · $606,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - ex-Safra Collection · Ex-J.E. Safra Collection single
  Mint - original gum - Very Fine - well centered - large margins · $575,100 record · 1 sale
• 1935 · 1935 Russia 1935 Levanevsky Inverted Overprint · Single stamp with inverted overprint
  Mint - inverted red overprint · $525,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Spink 2019 · Position 39 - Spink New York September 2019
  Mint - original gum - one of the finest single examples known - position 39 · $510,000 record · 1 sale
• 1862 · 1862 Hong Kong 96c Olive-Bistre Block of 4 · Block of four - Burghard/Ishikawa/Chan provenance
  Mint OG - unique block of 4 · $500,000 record · 1 sale
• 1857 · 1857 Russia Tiflis City Post 6k · Mikulski copy
  Used · $500,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single · Position 69 (ex-Gross via Hall)
  VF OG - Sound · $495,600 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 1 · Position 1 (corner of sheet) - ex-Peterson Collection
  Mint - hinged - with straight edge (top) - corner stamp on sheet · $460,800 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 21 · Position 21 - Siegel June 2008
  Mint - OG - previously hinged - well centered · $400,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 69 (ex-Hall/Gross) · Position 69 (ex-Hall/Gross) - in existing CSV
  VF OG - Sound - previously hinged · $345,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 10c Washington Z-Grill (Scott 85D) · Ex-Brookman/Schilling copy - offered 2015 Siegel
  Used - well-centered - thin spot at bottom · $325,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 100 · Position 100 - ex-Eno/Oriol/Butzel/Weinberg
  Sound - previously hinged - bottom right corner selvage · $299,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 76 (McCoy Block) · Position 76 - McCoy Block (stolen 1955 - recovered Northern Ireland 2016)
  Sound - reperforated at top and left to disguise identity - ex-stolen McCoy block · $295,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 15 · Position 15 - Siegel June 2018
  Mint - OG - well centered - previously hinged · $270,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 10c Washington Z-Grill (Scott 85D) · Ex-Herzog/Zoellner copy - offered 2012 Siegel
  VF used - well-centered - sound - bold quartered cork cancel · $260,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 30c Franklin A-Grill (Scott 81 or 82) - Siegel 2015 · Ex collection - Siegel June 2015 Sale 1106 Lot 3101
  Used or unused - finest known - large margins · $250,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 5c Jefferson A-Grill Dark Brown (Scott 80a) · Ex-Duveen/Hind/Isleham/Zoellner copy - one of 4 known
  Used - dark brown shade - one of two dark brown examples - quartered cork cancel · $230,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 5c Jefferson A-Grill (Scott 80) - Siegel 2012 sale · Brown shade A-Grill - one of 4 known - Siegel 2012
  Used - bold quartered cork cancel · $230,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 89 · Position 89 - Matthew Bennett May 2014
  Mint - OG - previously hinged - Fine-Very Fine · $230,000 record · 1 sale
• 1857 · 1857 Russia Tiflis City Post 6k · New Zealand Oppens Album discovery
  Unused without gum - recently discovered · $228,761 record · 1 sale
• 2001 · 2001 Germany Audrey Hepburn Error · Used copy #3 (Dusseldorf/Bennewirtz)
  Used - postally used - corner margin selvedge · $210,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 5c Jefferson A-Grill Dark Brown (Scott 80a) · Ex-Ishikawa copy (W.H.C. Colson backstamp)
  Used - dark brown shade - perforation defects as normal - quartered cork cancel · $210,000 record · 1 sale
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 4c Invert full set 3 singles - Siegel April 2009 · Full set of three Pan-American Invert singles - Whitman
  OG - singles set of all three invert denominations - 1c 2c 4c · $199,000 record · 1 sale
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 2c Invert (Scott 295a) - Hanover PSE 98 · Hanover Collection PSE 98 Superb - finest known
  Mint OG - PSE Superb 98 grade - finest graded example known · $195,500 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 30c Franklin A-Grill (Scott 82) · New Amsterdam Collection 30c A-Grill
  Used - black crossroads cancel - sound · $172,500 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny - McCoy Block Position 65 · Position 65 - McCoy Block (stolen 1955 - APRL sold 1981)
  Sound - previously hinged - one of the stolen McCoy block - sold by APRL · $115,000 record · 1 sale
• 1861 · 1861 Confederate States Postmaster's Provisional (rare) - Gaertner 2016 · Rare Confederate Postmaster's Provisional - World Stamp Show NY
  Used - on piece - rare Confederate provisional · $108,000 record · 1 sale
• 2001 · 2001 Germany Audrey Hepburn Error · Used copy #4 (Boche kiloware find)
  Used - postally used · $106,000 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 100 - Bennett 2004 · Position 100 - Bennett February 2004
  Sound - previously hinged - bottom right corner selvage · $104,500 record · 1 sale
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 1c Invert on cover (Scott 294a) · Bessemer Alabama cover - 1c Pan-American Invert on cover
  Used on cover - Bessemer Alabama August 2 1901 - earliest of three recorded covers · $100,000 record · 1 sale
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 2c Invert (Scott 295a) - Hoffman/Drucker OG · Ex-Hoffman/Drucker finest OG 2c Pan-American Invert
  OG - Extremely Fine - one of finest OG examples · $100,000 record · 1 sale
• 2001 · 2001 Germany Audrey Hepburn Error · Used copy #5
  Used - postally used - CTO-style cancel · $93,000 record · 1 sale
• 2001 · 2001 Germany Audrey Hepburn Error · Used copy #2 (Frankfurt find)
  Used - postally used · $86,000 record · 1 sale
• 1869 · 1869 US 1869 Pictorial 15c Columbus Landing (Scott 118) - Block of 4 OG · Finest OG block of 4 Scott 118 - Eubanks
  OG - block of four - extremely fine - one of very few OG blocks · $85,000 record · 1 sale
• 1869 · 1869 US 1869 24c Columbus Invert (Scott 120a) - on cover · The only recorded 1869 24c invert on cover
  Used on cover - paying the 24c rate · $75,000 record · 1 sale
• 1979 · 1979 CIA Invert (Scott 1610c) - block of 4 - second sale · CIA Invert block of four - 2015 sale
  Mint - block of four · $71,875 record · 1 sale
• 1918 · 1918 Inverted Jenny Single - Position 100 - early sale 1982 · Position 100 - Siegel November 1982
  Sound - previously hinged - bottom right corner selvage · $68,750 record · 1 sale
• 2001 · 2001 Germany Audrey Hepburn Error · Used copy #1 (Bavaria find)
  Used - postally used example on paper · $66,000 record · 1 sale
• 1979 · 1979 CIA Invert (Scott 1610c) - block of 4 · CIA Invert block of four - first sale
  Mint - block of four · $60,000 record · 1 sale
• 1857 · 1857 US 30c Franklin Orange (Scott 38) - finest unused 1857 · Finest unused 30c Franklin 1857 issue - Siegel
  Unused no gum - extremely fine - very few recorded unused · $55,000 record · 1 sale
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 2c Invert (Scott 295a) - finest OG EF · Ex-Gorham/Siegel finest OG 2c Pan-American Invert
  OG - Extremely Fine centering - finest with OG - only EF with tiny prior inclusion noted · $45,000 record · 1 sale
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 2c Invert (Scott 295a) - used finest · Finest-appearing used 2c Pan-American Invert
  Used - choice centering - crease - only 7 used known and none sound · $45,000 record · 1 sale
• 1930 · 1930 Graf Zeppelin $1.30 single PSE Gem 100 (Scott C15) · Graf Zeppelin $1.30 PSE Gem 100 - finest certified
  Mint NH - PSE Gem 100 grade - rarest of the three Zeppelin values - only two at this grade · $45,000 record · 1 sale
• 1930 · 1930 Graf Zeppelin Complete Set (Scott C13-C15) - finest NH · Graf Zeppelin Complete Set C13-C15 finest NH
  Mint NH - matched set - all three values XF grade · $29,000 record · 1 sale
• 1867 · 1867 US 1867 E-Grill 1c Franklin (Scott 86) - PSE 98 · Finest graded 1c E-Grill
  Unused - Superb 98 PSE grade - one of only a few at this grade · $25,000 record · 1 sale
• 1851 · 1851 US 2c Franklin Blue Printed on Both Sides (Scott 8a) - error · Scott 8a double-print error - Siegel
  Used - printed on both sides - one of only 4-5 known · $23,000 record · 1 sale
• 1908 · 1908 US 4c Small Bank Note Invert (Scott 346 variety) - experimental coil · Scott 346 experimental coil - Siegel
  Used - imperforate coil - experimental - ex-Ishikawa · $22,500 record · 1 sale
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 1c Invert (Scott 294a) - Siegel finest · Finest sound used 1c Pan-American Invert
  Used - finest sound used - excellent centering - Bessemer Alabama · $21,000 record · 1 sale
• 1861 · 1861 Confederate States Baton Rouge 5c provisional on cover (Scott 5XU2) · Baton Rouge Postmaster's Provisional on cover - New Orleans cancel
  Used on cover - cancelled at New Orleans - pair of singles · $18,500 record · 1 sale
• 1901 · 1901 US Pan-American 1c Invert (Scott 294a) - finest sound used · Finest sound used 1c Pan-American Invert - Siegel 2012
  Used - one of only 6 sound used examples - finest centered of the six · $18,000 record · 1 sale
• 1979 · 1979 CIA Invert (Scott 1610c) - single · CIA Invert single - typical auction
  Mint - single · $17,000 record · 1 sale
• 1859 · 1859 Sicilian Error of Color (1/2 grano blue) · Bolaffi specimen
  Used - one of 2 known (one in institutional collection) · $14,000 record · 1 sale
• 1893 · 1893 US Columbian $3 Discovery of America (Scott 243) · OG $3 Columbian - brilliant color - Siegel
  Mint OG - lightly hinged - Fine-Very Fine - brilliant color · $7,500 record · 1 sale
• 1857 · 1857 Russia Tiflis City Post 6k · Second/third copy
  Used · $7,250 record · 1 sale
• 1857 · 1857 Russia Tiflis City Post 6k · Stubbe / Davidson copy
  Used - second copy · $490 record · 1 sale
• 1857 · 1857 Russia Tiflis City Post 6k · Agafon Faberge / Mikulski copy
  Used - best known copy · $140 record · 1 sale
• 1893 · 1893 US $5 Columbian Exposition (Scott 245) - finest NH · Finest Mint NH $5 Columbian - ex-Odeneal - PSE 95
  Mint NH - XF-Superb 95 PSE grade - one of only 3 at this grade - highest grade awarded · $65,000 record · 1 sale
• 1893 · 1893 US $4 Columbian Exposition (Scott 244) - finest NH · Finest NH $4 Columbian - PSE 95
  Mint NH - gem centering - one of finest known - PSE 95 · $28,500 record · 1 sale
• 1994 · 1994 Legends of the West Recalled Error Sheet (Scott 2870) · Recalled Legends of the West error sheet
  Mint - complete sheet of 20 - recalled stamp with Ben Pickett instead of Bill Pickett · $15,000 record · 1 sale
• 1893 · 1893 US $1 Columbian (Scott 241) - finest NH · Finest NH $1 Columbian - Superb example
  Mint NH - perfectly centered - Superb grade · $9,750 record · 1 sale
• 1893 · 1893 US $5 Columbian Exposition (Scott 245) - EF OG fine · Extremely Fine OG $5 Columbian
  OG - sharp proof-like impression - almost perfectly centered - Extremely Fine · $2,300 record · 1 sale