Sale 1061 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday, 19 November, 2013
Category — Specimen Overprints
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3307
S
1c-90c 1861-66 Issue, Red Control Number Ovpts. (63S-78S-J). The complete set of ten different, original gum, mixed centering and perf flaws as always, generally Fine, these are numbered from the highest denomination to the lowest starting with the 90c "1234", 30c "2345", 24c "3456" and so on except for the 15c which has only three numbers ("235"), recent research published in the Chronicle determined that the overprints were applied by a bond-numbering mechanical device
2,425
850
