Sale 1062 — The Golden Oak Collection of Superb United States
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 17-18 December, 2013
Category — 1918-20 Issues (Scott 525-547a)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
733
1c Green, Rotary Perf 11 (545). Mint N.H., brilliant color, detailed impression, almost perfectly centered with unusually wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT ROTARY COIL WASTE ISSUE, SCOTT 545.
By their very nature, rotary press waste stamps are extremely difficult to obtain with such choice centering. The production process was far less precise, resulting in many off-center stamps. The stamps were not meant to be perforated on the flat-plate perforating machines, which were set for a slightly different size of stamp.
Ex Piedmont and Scarsdale. With 2000 and 2001 P.F. certificates (the former as a block of four). With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF Superb 95 Jumbo; SMQ $2,150.00 as 95, $8,500.00 as 98). Only two have graded higher
400
3,000
