Sale 1048 — 2013 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday, 25 June, 2013

Category — Washington-Franklin Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
353°
 
Sale 1048, Lot 353, Washington-Franklin Issues2c Rose Red, Ty. I, Perf 12 x 10 (423B). Bright color, unusually choice centering for this difficult issue, neat wavy-line machine cancel, light diagonal crease ending in tiny margin tear at top right corner

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1914 2-CENT 12 x 10 COMPOUND PERFORATION. ONLY 30 USED COPIES ARE RECORDED.

Our census of Scott 423B, available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/423B/423B.pdf , records 31 used and one unused example of this great rarity. A significant portion of the surviving population has faults or is off-center.

Census No. 423B-CAN-01. With 2007 P.F. certificate.

25,000
10,000