Sale 1092 — Outstanding United States Stamps

Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 19-20 February, 2015

Category — Officials

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1469°
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Sale 1092, Lot 1469, Officials90c Treasury, Soft Paper (O113). Original gum, rich "chocolate brown" color, unusually well-centered for this challenging Soft Paper issue

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE ISSUE. STAMPS PURPORTED TO BE THE 90-CENT TREASURY AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. PRINTING ON SOFT PAPER ARE ALMOST ALWAYS MISCLASSIFIED CONTINENTAL PRINTINGS ON INTERMEDIATE PAPER.

This stamp has the true color and soft mesh paper of the American Bank Note Company printing. This is easily the finest example contained in Power Search.

With 2014 P.S.E. certificate

5,500
11,000