Sale 1062 — The Golden Oak Collection of Superb United States
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 17-18 December, 2013
Category — 10c-90c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 31-39)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
150
10c Green, Ty. IV (34). Position 64L1, recut at top and bottom, pretty shade, neat strike of rust red circular datestamp leaves the design characteristics clearly visibleEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL USED EXAMPLE OF THE PERFORATED 10-CENT TYPE IV FROM THE ONLY POSITION THAT WAS RECUT AT BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM.
10c Type IV stamps are defined by the recut of one or both outer lines at the top or bottom of the design. Type IV stamps come from only seven scattered positions on the left pane and one position on the right pane of Plate 1. Therefore, only 4% of the stamps from Plate 1 are Type IV.
With 1984 P.F. certificate
3,175
2,700
