Sale 1129 — 2016 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday, 31 May, 2016

Category — Washington-Franklin and Panama-Pacific Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
415
 
Sale 1129, Lot 415, Washington-Franklin and Panama-Pacific Issues3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Paste-up at left, deep rich color, tied by Orangeburg N.Y. wavy-line machine cancel on piece, centered to bottom

FINE AND SOUND. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED PASTE-UP EXAMPLES OF THE 1911 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL.

The paste-up process was necessary to produce rolls of coils from half-sheets of 20 stamps wide. Only one of every ten coil pairs was a paste-up. This single is one of four recorded 3c Orangeburg paste-ups, including the unused pair.

With 1945 and 1998 A.P.S. certificates. With 2005 P.F. certificate

10,500
3,500