Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Fur Trade, Territorial, Western Mails & Expresses
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Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2065°
Wells, Fargo & Co. Pony Express, $1.00 Red, Broken Leg (143L3 var). Position R9, unused (no gum), large to ample margins, bright color, horizontal crease, Very Fine appearance and extremely rare, this is the most distinctive plate flaw found on any Pony Express stamp with only nine examples known to us (including four locked up in full sheets), with 2014 P.S.E. certificate (VG 50), undercatalogued in Scott
1,250
2,100