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
$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 dryingVERY 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
