Sale 1108 — The Robert Bowman Collection of Superb U.S. Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday, 29 September, 2015
Category — 1870-93 Bank Note Issues (Scott 137-226)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
94
24c Purple, H. Grill (142). Choice centering with balanced margins, pretty shade nicely complemented by New York Foreign Mail Geometric cancel, clear grillEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 1870 24-CENT NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY GRILLED ISSUE.
Small pentagonal purple backstamp (source unknown to us) and faint pencil notation "Economist Stp. Co./87 Nassau St./E. Stern" (Edward Stern). With 1995 P.F. certificate as genuine and 2015 P.S.E. certificate as "fake grill" -- sold "as is" on the basis of these conflicting opinions
7,000
2,600