Sale 1014 — Outstanding United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 12-14 October, 2011

Category — Postal Stationery, Carriers and Locals

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2454
c
Sale 1014, Lot 2454, Postal Stationery, Carriers and Locals4c Brown on White Entire, Die 103 (U373; UPSS1353). Size 25, knife 124, watermark 13, unused, neat printed corner card, some very negligible faint soiling

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREMELY RARE 1899 4-CENT BROWN DIE 103 ON WHITE ENTIRE. POSSIBLY ONLY TWO ENTIRES IN THIS SIZE ARE KNOWN. THIS WAS LISTED AT A HIGHER VALUE THAN THE SIZE 10 ENVELOPE IN AN OLDER STATIONERY CATALOG.

A page from a 1971 auction catalog accompanies stating that there were three of these entires found but one was cut down (cut square?). Ex Barkhausen. UPSS value $17,500.00

15,000
10,000