Sale 1074 — A Portion of The Wade Saadi Struck on Stamps Collection

Sale Date — Wednesday, 25 June, 2014

Category — 5c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 27-30A)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
552
 
Sale 1074, Lot 552, 5c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 27-30A)5c Red Brown (28). Wonderful rich color, perforations clear of projections on all sides and perfectly centered, neat strike of "CATHLAMET/W.T." Washington Territory handstamp (a tracing of this marking is shown in Simpson-Alexander book), certificates opine reperfed at right but our analysis does not concur (a couple of slightly misaligned holes as usual for this issue, but the gauge and hole circumference are dead on), Extremely Fine appearance, rare territorial cancel on this issue, with 1992 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates

E. 500-750
850