Sale 1050 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 16-17 July, 2013

Category — 1c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5A-9)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
86
 
Sale 1050, Lot 86, 1c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5A-9)1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (8A). Positions 58-59R4, horizontal pair, huge margins including parts of adjacent stamps at left and right, full at bottom right, deep rich Plate 4 color, boldly struck Mount Carmel circular datestamp cancels, left stamp has small corner crease at top left, crease in extreme right margin (easily trimmed leaving a huge margin), Very Fine-Extremely Fine, from our 2000 Rarities sale, with 2000 A.P.S. certificate, Scott prices a pair from the scarcer Plate 4 the same as a pair from Plate 1E, despite the $300 difference in price for singles from those plates

2,500
950