Sale 1010 — 2011 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 18 June, 2011

Category — Postal Stationery

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
152
c
Sale 1010, Lot 152, Postal Stationery2c Brown on White entire, Die 73, Error of Color (U227a; UPSS 651A). Size 10, knife 54, watermark 6, unused, with double impression of illustrated anvil corner card, faint soiling

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1883 2-CENT BROWN ON WHITE ERROR OF COLOR. ONLY THREE ENTIRES ARE RECORDED.

Porter Venn notes that William Weiss has recorded only three examples of this entire. There is no mention of any existing as either a cut square or a full corner.

Ex Barkhausen, Floyd and Saddleback.

10,000
2,500