Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue Inverts (Scott 119b-120b)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1686
24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted (120b). Rich colors, cork cancel, vignette is visibleFINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT.
Our census of 24c 1869 Inverts, recently updated at our website at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/120b/120b.pdf , contains four unused, 83 used singles, one used pair, one on cover and the unique block of four, for a total of 94 copies of the perforated 24c Invert. Very few of the used examples are sound. This example is new to the census and has not been offered to the market for decades.
Census No. 120b-CAN-65.
37,500
15,000