Sale 1010 — 2011 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 18 June, 2011
Category — Washington-Franklin and Panama Pacific Issues
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8c Olive Green, Bluish (363). Deep rich color on nicely blued paper, wide selvage at left, some perf separations between stamp and selvageFINE. A SCARCE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 8-CENT WASHINGTON ON BLUISH PAPER WITH WIDE SHEET SELVAGE AT LEFT.
According to Johl (Vol. 1, page 175), the only source of the 4c and 8c Bluish stamps was the archives of the Post Office Department. Approximately 80 of each were traded for rare stamps missing from the archives.
With 2000 P.F. certificate.
30,000
11,000