Sale 1007 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 8-10 March, 2011
Category — 5c 1847 Issue (Scott 1)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2081
5c Red Brown (1). Horizontal pair showing vertically misaligned entries, large margins to just touching at lower right, grid cancels, Fine-Very Fine, the subject of misaligned entries was recently addressed by Wade Saadi in the August 2010 Chronicle, he surmises that the reason only five U.S. stamps prior to 1870 had framelines is because the siderographer had difficulty aligning the entries and, therefore, designs with ornamental frames produced a better appearance
1,150
425
