Sale 1024 — The Natalee Grace Collection of Used Stamps of the United States, Part One: 1847-1868 Issues
Sale Date — Thursday, 7 June, 2012
Category — 10c-90c 1861-66 Issue (Scott 68-72)
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24c Steel Blue (70b). Incredibly rich color in the unmistakable true Steel Blue shade, very well-centered with extra wide margin at top, perfectly struck red grid cancel seems to "float" above the stampEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A TRULY OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1861 STEEL BLUE COMBINING THE ELEMENTS OF CENTERING, COLOR AND CANCELLATION.
The Steel Blue is the most distinctive of all the 24c shades. The example offered here, with unusually wide margins, gorgeous color and a beautiful cancel, is a condition rarity.
Ex Ishikawa and Sevenoaks. With 2001 P.F. certificate
940
1,900