Sale 1062 — The Golden Oak Collection of Superb United States
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 17-18 December, 2013
Category — 1909 Commemoratives, 1910-13 Washington-Franklin Issue (Scott 369-396)
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Cat./Est. Value
Realized
562
2c Carmine, Coil (386). Mint N.H. guide line pair, wide margins, beautiful bright color and sharp impressionVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A SCARCE MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 2-CENT VERTICAL COIL, SCOTT 386.
According to Johl (Vol. 1, p. 111), the Bureau switched to Perf 8-1/2 for their coils after a very short period of time. The Perf 12 coils proved to be too susceptible to falling apart in the machines used to affix (and make) the coils. Scott 386 was one of the first to be discontinued and was available for less than two months before its perf 8-1/2 replacement became available (EDU for Scott 386 is Dec. 9, 1910, for Scott 391 it is Dec. 23).
Ex Hoffman. With 1999 P.F. certificate
3,500
2,700