Sale 1025 — 2012 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 26 June, 2012
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue and Re-Issue, Stamps and Inverts
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
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15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue, Imperforate Horizontally (129a). Unused (no gum), fresh colors and sharp impressions, choice centering with even margins at top and bottom, tiny thin spot at rightEXTREMELY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1869 RE-ISSUE IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY.
Jonathan W. Rose, in his book United States Postage Stamps of 1869, estimates that no more than five to ten copies of this error exist (our own estimate is 20-30; two are known used). Only one sheet of 100 was issued, and all were cut into singles by a clerk in the Third Assistant Postmaster General's office. It is not known how many were sold.
With 1993 P.F. certificate
5,000
3,500