Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Air Post
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1602
24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post (C3). Dramatic forward vignette shift, the "Fast Plane" variety, wide margins, machine cancel, Very Fine and extremely rare variety on a used stamp, Power Search located numerous "Fast Plane" examples on unused C3 stamps but none on used stamps, the closest we have offered is a cover with five stamps approaching the "Fast Plane" but not breaking the Carmine border -- the plane in this example extends to the outer border
E. 750-1,000
1,100