1913 Commemoratives


1c - Green, yellowish green or deep green
  300,000,000 - Perf. 12 - Scott #397 - 1913

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
Graded
MH
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
$10-$22
-
$7-$9
$160
-
Fall 2005
$6-$21
-
$1-$5
$45
-
Spring 2006
$4-$55
-
$1-$4
$450
95J
Fall 2006
$105-$125
85
$1
$290
95
-
-
-
$1,100
98
Spring 2007
$4-$45
-
$1-$2
$220
95
Fall 2007
$7-$100
-
$1
$325
95
Spring 2008
$7-$50
-
-
-
-
$85
90
$1-$6
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-


2c - Carmine or deep carmine
  400,000,000 - Perf. 12 - Scott #398 - 1913

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
$9-$27
$4-$6
-
-
Fall 2005
$10-$32
$2-$5
$45
-
Spring 2006
$10-$18
$2-$10
$400
95J
Fall 2006
$8-$60
$2
$450
95J
-
-
$1,300
98
-
-
$2,000
98J
Spring 2007
$5-$50
$1-$4
$160
90
-
-
$325
95
Fall 2007
$6-$27
$1
$375
95
-
-
$550
95J
Spring 2008
$8-$30
$1-$7
$350
95
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-


2c - Carmine lake
Perf. 12 - Scott #398a - 1913

2c - Lake
Perf. 12 - Scott #398b - 1913

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
-
-
Fall 2005
-
-
Spring 2006
$4,000
75
Fall 2006
-
-
Spring 2007
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
Spring 2008
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-

398 - Varnish Ink Variety


5c - Blue or dark blue
20,000,000 - Perf. 12 - Scott #399 - 1913
Showing a 100 point example on the right

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
Graded
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
$45-$75
-
$10-$45
$1-$2
-
-
Fall 2005
$50-$250
-
$13-$35
$1-$6
$175
95
Spring 2006
$40
-
$10-$30
$1-$2
$13,000
100
Fall 2006
$28-$45
-
$14-$40
$1
$1,000
95
-
-
-
-
$1,600
95J
-
-
-
-
$3,250-$3,500
98
Spring 2007
$40-$130
-
$10-$35
$1
$220
85
Fall 2007
$60-$95
-
$10-$25
$1- $3
-
-
Spring 2008
$45-$80
-
$13-$22
$1-$6
$750
90J
$80-$85
75
-
-
-
-
$45
70
-
-
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-


The sole example of $399 graded 100


10c - Orange yellow
10,000,000 - Perf. 12 - Scott #400 - 1913

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
Graded
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
-
-
$25-$40
$2-$5
$100
-
Fall 2005
$290
-
$20-$50
$4-$6
$325-$1,250
-
Spring 2006
$100-$130
-
$25-$100
$2-$4
$5,250
98
Fall 2006
$720
90
$25-$85
$1-$5
$5,250
98
Spring 2007
$85-$175
-
$25-$60
$2-$5
$230-$260
85
Fall 2007
$90-$110
-
$30-$45
$1-$5
-
-
Spring 2008
$120-$255
-
-
-
$500
-
$760
90
-
-
-
-
$90-$120
75
$30-$110
$3-$7
$10,000
98J
$60
70
-
-
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-


10c - Orange
Perf. 12 - Scott #400A - 1913

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Graded
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
$150-$350
$40-$45
-
$3-$7
$150
-
Fall 2005
$140
$50-$115
-
$2-$12
$450-$3,000
-
Spring 2006
-
$50-$190
-
$4-$14
$3,000
95
Fall 2006
-
$75-$150
-
$3-$14
$4,250-$7,000
98
-
-
-
-
$1,700
90J
Spring 2007
-
$50-$205
-
$2-$12
$400
85
-
-
-
-
$2,000
95
Fall 2007
$145-$165
$80-$130
-
$2-$4
$800
90
Spring 2008
$105-$175
$75
-
$3-$20
-
-
-
$150
90
-
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-


1c - Green or dark green
Perf. 10 - Scott #401 - 1914

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
Graded
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
-
-
$20
$1 
-
-
Fall 2005
$110
-
$15-$17
$1-$6
$60
-
Spring 2006
$30-$60
-
$5-$20
$1-$5
$450
90J
Fall 2006
$10-$20
-
$5-$7
$1-$4
$2,300
98
Spring 2007
$15-$40
-
$5
$1
$150
90
Fall 2007
$19-$30
-
$6-$8
$1-$3
$100
90
-
-
-
-
$180
90J
Spring 2008
$20-$75
-
$10-$16
$1
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-


2c - Carmine, red or deep carmine
Perf. 10 - Scott #402 - 1915

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
$25-$45
$22
-
$375
-
-
-
Fall 2005
$35-$45
$10-$20
-
$175
-
-
-
Spring 2006
$10-$15
$40
$1
$1,600
95J
-
-
-
-
-
$675
90
-
-
Fall 2006
$60-$70
$30
$1-$4
$1,350
95
-
-
-
-
-
$3,750
98
-
-
Spring 2007
$60-$95
$40
$1
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$35-$70
$35
$1
$1,400
95
$175
95
Spring 2008
$35
$25-$27
$1
-
-
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


5c - Blue or dark blue
Perf. 10 - Scott #403 - 1915

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Used
MNH
Graded
Spring 2005
$190
-
$35-$80
-
$2-$5
-
-
Fall 2005
$250-$350
-
$35-$100
-
$3-$5
$400-$1,250
-
Spring 2006
$120-$200
-
$25-$90
-
$3-$10
$3,250-$9,000
98
Fall 2006
$460
80
-
-
$2-$5
$400
90
Spring 2007
-
-
$40-$130
-
$2-$6
-
-
Fall 2007
$135-$150
-
$50-$95
-
$4-$7
$575
75
-
-
-
-
-
$700
90
-
-
-
-
-
$2,800
95J
Spring 2008
-
-
$70-$145
-
-
-
-
-
-
$110
80
$2-$5
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


10c - Orange
Perf. 10 - Scott #404 - 1915

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2005
$700
$400
$11
$1,800
-
-
-
Fall 2005
$810
$300
$7-$11
$1,900
-
-
-
Spring 2006
$3,750
-
$7-$16
$19,000
98
-
-
Fall 2006
-
$270
$7-$30
$1,300
85
-
-
-
-
-
$8,000
95
-
-
Spring 2007
-
$290
$9-$27
$950
75
-
-
Fall 2007
-
$300-$900
$11-$35
$1,250-$1,600
80
-
-
-
-
-
$2,200
85
-
-
Spring 2008
$1,030
$265
$16-$27
$7,500
95
-
-
Fall 2008
$1,100-$2,200
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-



Panama-Pacific 10c unaccepted Design
showing for the vignette of a Liberty standing among palm fronds,
with battleships in the background

Panama-Pacific 10c unaccepted Design
showing for the vignette of a Liberty standing among palm fronds,
with two steamships and a sailing vessel in the background

Panama-Pacific 10c unaccepted Design
showing two galleons under full sail in front of snow-capped mountains,
with the the inscription "Cabrillo 1542"

In 1914 it was proposed that there be a peace issue
with 2c to 5c values. The idea was scrapped
due to the outbreak of World War I.
Scotts #537 E1 and E2

 

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