Sale 1078 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 16-17 September, 2014
Category — 1867-68 Grilled Issue and 1875 Re-Issue (Scott 79-111)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
217
30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (110). Original gum, intense color, essentially perfect centeringEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE.
The 30c Re-Issue was printed from the original plate of 200 subjects. 10,000 stamps were printed (50 impressions). Only 346 of the 30c were sold; the remaining 9,654 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.
With 1971 P.F. certificate
6,250
10,000