Sale 1000 — Siegel Sale 1000

Sale Date — Wednesday, 8 December, 2010

Category — Later Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1251
nhbl
Sale 1000, Lot 1251, Later Issues29c New York Stock Exchange Bicentennial, Center Inverted, Omitted (2630b, 2630c). Mint N.H. block of four with top left corner selvage, the vignette omitted on three stamps and inverted at top right, also showing trace of the vignette in the selvage at top right and left, brilliant colors

EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 29-CENT NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ERROR, CONTAINING ONE INVERT AND THREE WITH THE VIGNETTE COMPLETELY OMITTED. A WONDERFUL POSITION PIECE FROM THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE PANE.

Two panes in total were discovered. This block comes from the second to be discovered. Each pane consists of 40 stamps, and of these 28 were with the centers inverted and 12 were with the centers completely omitted. The panes are from different positions on the sheet, so conceivably this multiple is unique.

With 2006 P.S.E. certificate. The center omitted variety is unlisted in Scott but is more than twice as rare as the invert. The single invert in this block catalogues $22,500.00.

E. 20,000-30,000
16,500