Sale 1118 — The Don David Price Iconic Collection of U.S. Bicolored Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 March, 2016
Category — 15c Type I1869 Pictorial Issue Grill Varieties (Scott 118)
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15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I, Double Grill (118 var). Original gum, bright colors, showing clear second grill which slightly overlaps the firstVERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT TYPE I 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITH DOUBLE GRILL. OUR COMPUTERIZED RECORDS CONTAIN ONLY ONE OTHER EXAMPLE OFFERED IN ONE OF OUR AUCTIONS.
Power Search contains only two original-gum examples of the double grill variety. One was offered in our 1983 Rarities sale (the stamp offered here), the other in our 2008 and 2010 Rarities sales.
With 1979 and 2000 P.F. certificates.
17,500
6,000