Sale 1120 — Outstanding United States Stamps

Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 17-18 March, 2016

Category — 1867-68 Grilled Issue (Scott 79-101)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1277
ogbl
Sale 1120, Lot 1277, 1867-68 Grilled Issue (Scott 79-101)3c Red, F. Grill (94). Block of 20 with top right corner selvage with part imprint, original gum, eight stamps Mint N.H. and several more lightly hinged, some h.r. including where few minor perf separations sensibly reinforced, vertical crease affects center row

FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF 20 OF THE 1868 3-CENT F GRILL.

Multiples larger than a block of four are rare. A pane of 100 is known, but this is the largest multiple contained in Power Search.

Ex Frelinghuysen. With 2012 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as four blocks of four and two pairs with no premium for the eight Mint N.H. stamps

13,500
3,875