Sale 1129 — 2016 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday, 31 May, 2016

Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
368
 
Sale 1129, Lot 368, 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (110). Neat strike of duplex cancel, bright shade, thinned at bottom left

FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT RE-ISSUE OF THE 1861-66 ISSUE. ONLY 22 USED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

Our census of used Scott 110, available at our website, contains only 22 examples, plus one with a non-contemporary cancel. Of these, 14 have faults. Most of the faulty examples have serious defects. Very few copies, either sound or defective, have decent centering.

Census No. 110-CAN-19. Ex Merlin. With 2010 P.S.E. certificate

25,000
3,500