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 — 1c-90c 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue (Scott 102-111)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
177
24c Deep Violet, Re-Issue (109). Wide margins, rich color and detailed impression on bright paper, neat strike of New York datestamp and "2" numeral grid cancelVERY FINE AND CHOICE. THE 24-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE IS EXTREMELY RARE IN USED CONDITION. ONLY TWELVE USED COPIES ARE CONTAINED IN OUR CENSUS. THIS STAMP IS ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN.
The 24c Re-Issue was printed from the original plate of 200 subjects. A total of 10,000 was printed (50 impressions). Only 346 of the 24c were sold; the remaining 9,654 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.
Our census of Scott 109 used, shown at left and available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/109/109.pdf , records only twelve copies (our previous count of thirteen included one duplicate). This denomination ranks third in rarity after the 90c and 10c.
Census No. 109-CAN-01. Ex Curie. With 1981 and 2009 P.F. certificates.
19,000
15,500