Sale 1139 — U.S. Treasures of Philately from The Irwin Weinberg Inventory
Sale Date — Wednesday, 9 November, 2016
Category — Revenues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
121
$1.90 Foreign Exchange, Imperforate (R80a). Large to ample margins, fresh and bright color of the true imperforate, pen cancel (half of "X" -- this probably had another stamp overlapping it on document), two light strikes of embossed cancel visible only in cross-lighting, one strike caused a tiny edge tear at upper right which has been expertly sealedVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE $1.90 IMPERFORATE FOREIGN EXCHANGE FIRST ISSUE REVENUE.
It is believed that of the 9,000 examples originally issued imperforate, 312 were returned for perforating. It is not known how many were used. A review using Power Search found a dozen or so unduplicated copies. No multiples are known.
12,500
2,600