Sale 1115 — A European Connoisseur's Collection of U.S. Classic Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
Category — 5c 1847 Issue, Off-Cover (Scott 1)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2002
5c Red Brown (1). Position 10L1, from the top right corner of the left pane with top right interpane margins, large margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at left, lightly struck red square grid cancel, strongly blued paperEXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING CORNER-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE.
Large corner-margin examples of the 5c 1847 Issue are extremely rare, and we have offered only a few in sound condition. The top margin of this stamp is one of the largest we have encountered.
Ex Lehman
400
3,750