Sale 1028 — The Natalee Grace Collection of Used U.S. Stamps, Part Three: 1902 and Later Issues
Sale Date — Thursday, 20 September, 2012
Category — 1908-09 Perf 12 Double-Line Watermark Issue (Scott 331-356)
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330
4c Orange Brown, Coil (350). Guide line pair, bright color and detailed impression, unusually wide and balanced margins, neat strike of "Benton Harbor Mich." oval registry cancelEXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE FINEST USED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 1910 4-CENT VERTICAL COIL IN EXISTENCE. ONLY EIGHT GENUINE USED GUIDE LINE MULTIPLES ARE RECORDED. A PHENOMENAL RARITY.
According to Johl (Vol. 1, page 153), this coil was issued approximately eighteen months after the horizontal coil Scott 354 and was only in use for a short period of time. Our census of used guide line pairs records only seven, plus one contained in a strip of four. Five of the eight were used in Benton Harbor Mich., the home town of Alvin Filstrup.
Unpublished Census No. 350-CAN-LP-07. With 2010 P.S.E. certificate
2,750
4,000