Sale 1078 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 16-17 September, 2014
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 123-132)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
255
6c Blue, Re-Issue (126). Almost perfectly centered with well-balanced margins, bright color on white paper, bold strike of duplex cancel with New York circular datestampEXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 6-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.
The 6c is the one of the rarest of the set in used condition. SMQ estimates that approximately 30 exist in used condition, and our own informal count concurs.
With 2004 P.F. certificate
3,250
2,900