Sale 1082 — The William Fekete Collection
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 21-22 October, 2014
Category — Essays and Proofs: Newspapers, Stationery, Revenues, other
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
278
E
2c Red Brown, Blue, Hugh McCullough Portrait, Percussion Cap Plate Essays, Imperforate (Turner Essay 41, 41-A). Red Brown in a pair, Blue in a strip of three and single, also Black in a pair, all with caps "fired" resulting in central hole in each essay, also 1c No. 156 "unfired" with intact cap (we don't recommend hitting it with a hammer), Fine-Very Fine, amazing essays, the "exploding" stamps are among the more inventive concepts to prevent fraudulent reuse, accompanied by article from Linn's Stamp News discussing these scarce essays
E. 750-1,000
850