Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History

Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014

Category — Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Ryukus

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1749
 
Sale 1090, Lot 1749, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, RyukusHAWAII, 1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type III (Westerberg Position 1), margins to clear, pen cancels, small thin speck at top right

A FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE HAWAIIAN NUMERAL PRINTING ON THE DISTINCTIVE GREENISH BLUE PAPER.

This stamp also came from the pre-WWII collection and has not been on the market in 70+ years

6,000
2,100