1840-1940: I'm with you about the Pictorials; they are beautiful works of art and I have a hard time understanding why they were so poorly received by the public. After a hiatus of 10 years in 1990 I found myself at Dutch Country Auctions in Wilmington Delaware bidding on an unused classic selection including an extremely well centered apparently unused #117, a stamp I have always wanted to own . When submitted to the PF it came back genuine faintly cancelled (PF cert 136728). Apparent cancel over 1 of denomination not present on stamp in person. To this day I still can't see any cancel and the stamp is so well centered I have not tried to upgrade it or replace it with an OG copy. But really, #116-122 are hard to beat and even the 3 cent locomotive is a work of art.
The 1879 Special Printing error, O10xs (a?) unsure of current Scott number, the Broken I. Can only find mention of one, possibly two known. Have never seen one.
Climber Steve: I agree with you about the difficulty in finding what in all other respects should be an easy time of finding certain stamps whereas the "harder" stamps of a series sometimes drops into your lap with little effort. That's why it pays to keep a sharp eye out and a list in your head as to what you are looking for so if by chance you see it you can snag it.
As an update to my post on February 16 of this year, I have obtained Mozambique 211 and 213 (still no 212); also Angra 28; courtesy of Joaquim Macas in Lisbon last month. In my original post, I overlooked Portuguese Congo #118, the rarity, which is the only stamp missing from having a complete collection of all major Scott numbers from Congo.
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