Sale 1118 — The Don David Price Iconic Collection of U.S. Bicolored Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 March, 2016
Category — 90c 1869 Pictorial Issue Stamps (Scott 122)
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90c Carmine & Black, Without Grill (122a). Original gum, deep rich colors on bright paperVERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTREMELY RARE SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITHOUT GRILL.
Fewer than 25 examples have been certified by the Philatelic Foundation as genuine, and of those only 16 have original gum. This is the first we have offered since 2013, and the second sound copy we have offered since our 2009 Whitman sale.
Blue backstamp. With 2000 P.F. certificate.
24,000
15,000