Sale 1019 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 1-2 March, 2012

Category — Revenues, incl. Battleship Documentary and Proprietary

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1018
 
Sale 1019, Lot 1018, Revenues, incl. Battleship Documentary and Proprietary$1.00 Inland Exchange, Perforated, Half Used as 50c (R69c var). Bottom half, neat July 24, 1867 manuscript cancel, affixed to document written in French, Very Fine, scarce, with 1980 P.F. certificate stating that "it is a genuine unofficial usage" -- whatever that means, since bisecting revenue stamps was never "official", but it was done by the agents -- this issue is known to have been used bisected (see our Tolman sale)

E. 200-300
225