Sale 1092 — Outstanding United States Stamps

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

Category — Revenues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1517
 
Sale 1092, Lot 1517, Revenues$2.50 Claret & Black, Third Issue, Center Inverted (R146a). Choice centering with balanced margins, deep rich colors and detailed impressions, neat 1872 manuscript cancel, tiny negligible surface scrape at top

VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE $2.50 THIRD ISSUE REVENUE INVERT. ONLY FOURTEEN ARE RECORDED.

Larry Lyons in his privately published census records only fourteen copies of this invert rarity. Two are repaired and one has perfs trimmed away on two sides.

Ex Griswold ("Eastern" Collection). With copy of 1980 P.F. certificate

22,500
16,500