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
$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 topVERY 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
