Sale 1017 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 13-15 December, 2011
Category — 5c-12c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 12-17)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
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10c Green, Ty. I (13). Position 91R1, large to huge margins including bottom left corner sheet margins, bright color and detailed impression, neat strike of circular datestampEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB AND RARE CORNER-MARGIN COPY OF THE 1855 10-CENT TYPE I.
For some reason it is difficult to find this issue with sheet margin at bottom, even though Type I comes only from the bottom row of the sheet. The presence of full corner margins is especially scarce.
Jakubek backstamp. With 1998 P.F. certificate
900
3,750
