Sale 1134 — The Alan Collection of United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
Category — 1913-15 Washington-Franklin Issues (Scott 424-461)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
376
2c Red, Ty. I, Coil (449). Mint N.H. joint line pair, brilliant color and detailed impression, perfs just in at bottomA FINE AND SCARCE MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 1915 2-CENT TYPE I VERTICAL COIL, SCOTT 449.
The 2c Type I rotary plate was used very briefly to make vertical coils issued in late 1915. It was briefly used because the Type I plate was not very deeply engraved and the curvature of the rotary press yielded impressions lacking in some of the details. The Bureau noticed this immediately, and quickly replaced it with the Type III plate (according to Scott, the EDU for No. 449 is Oct. 29, 1915, and the EDU for Type III is Dec. 10, 1915).
With 1989 and 2006 P.F. certificates
28,000
7,500