Sale 1115 — A European Connoisseur's Collection of U.S. Classic Issues

Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 December, 2015

Category — 1c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 6-8)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2059
 
Sale 1115, Lot 2059, 1c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 6-8)1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 91R2, a spectacular stamp from the bottom left corner of the right pane of Plate 2, large margins including enormous bottom left interpane margins showing edge of plate at bottom, cancelled by neat light strike of circular datestamp, lovely bright shade and sharp impression, Extremely Fine Gem, ex Emerson and Newbury, the European Connoisseur acquired this in a 1964 H. R. Harmer sale for $425

135
1,600