Sale 1031 — Dr. Alexander Schauss Collection of U.S. Revenues
Sale Date — Thursday, 4 October, 2012
Category — Second and Third Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1043
$500.00 Red Orange, Green & Black, Second Issue, "Large Persian Rug" (R133). Choice centering, rich colors, neat "The Cayuga Lake Railroad Company Sept. 15, 1871" manuscript cancel and "X", few light creasesVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE CELEBRATED $500.00 "LARGE PERSIAN RUG", WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STAMPS IN ALL OF PHILATELY.
Only 204 were issued, and it is safe to say that most examples are faulty to some degree.
Kingsley Census No. 24-1. Ex Cunliffe.
16,000
9,500