Sale 1067 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 24-28 March, 2014

Category — Revenues: Second and Third Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
556
 
Sale 1067, Lot 556, Revenues: Second and Third Issues$200.00 Red, Blue & Black, Second Issue, "Small Persian Rug" (R132). Bright fresh colors, well-centered, faint stroke of blue cancel just visible in vignette -- appears unused at a glance -- faint horizontal crease in top margin visible when drying

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE LIGHTLY-CANCELLED EXAMPLE OF THE $200.00 "SMALL PERSIAN RUG" -- ONE OF THE MOST COLORFUL STAMPS IN UNITED STATES PHILATELY.

Both the Small and Large "Persian Rug" stamps were printed in sheets of one. Because of their size, the large number of perforations on each stamp, and the fact that they were used on documents which were frequently folded across the stamps, most examples have flaws of some nature

8,250
4,250