Sale 1100 — United States Stamps and Covers

Sale Date — Monday, 22 June, 2015

Category — Revenues (R95a thru RB6a)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
187
 
Sale 1100, Lot 187, Revenues (R95a thru RB6a)$2.50 Claret & Black, Third Issue, Center Inverted (R146a). With wide top sheet margin (imperforate horizontally at top), rich colors, almost uncut herringbone cancel, some soiling, tiny thin speck at top mostly in margin

FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $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 Cunliffe. With 1967 P.F. certificate.

22,500
10,000