Sale 1187 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday, 25 July, 2018

Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue Inverts (Scott 119b-120b)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
211
 
Sale 1187, Lot 211, 1869 Pictorial Issue Inverts (Scott 119b-120b)15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II, Center Inverted (119b). Deep rich colors, cork cancel, reperfed at bottom

VERY FINE APPEARING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE INVERT.

Our census of Scott 119b, available at our website at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/119b/119b.pdf , records three unused and 100 used copies of Scott 119b (there are an additional three examples of Scott 119c). Two of the used copies are in institutions -- the Tapling Collection at the British Library and the Miller Collection at The New York Public Library.

Census No. 119b-CAN-99. With 2014 P.F. certificate

22,500
6,000
212
 
Sale 1187, Lot 212, 1869 Pictorial Issue Inverts (Scott 119b-120b)24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted (120b). Deep rich colors, light strike of rosette cancel leaves design clearly visible, tiny tear in top left corner perf not mentioned on accompanying P.S.E. certificate

FINE APPEARANCE. A LOVELY USED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE INVERT.

Our census of 24c 1869 Inverts, available at our website at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/120b/120b.pdf , contains four unused, 83 used singles, one used pair, one on cover and the unique block of four, for a total of 94 copies of the perforated 24c Invert.

Census No. 120b-CAN-79. P.F. certificate no. 438086 no longer accompanies. With 2009 P.S.E. certificate not mentioning the tiny corner perf tip tear

37,500
10,500
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