Sale 1139 — U.S. Treasures of Philately from The Irwin Weinberg Inventory

Sale Date — Wednesday, 9 November, 2016

*A buyer’s premium of 15% of the winning bid was added as part of the total purchase price on all lots in this sale. Buyers were responsible for applicable sales tax, customs duty and any other prescribed charges. By placing a bid, bidders agreed to the terms and conditions in effect at the time of the sale.

Category — Hawaii

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142

HAWAII, 1865, 1c Dark Blue (25). Plate 11-A, Types I-X (Westerberg Positions 1-10), two complete panes in an unused block of 20, unused (no gum), large margins, few creases, small indentation in margin at left

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A BLOCK OF 20 IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE 1865 2-CENT DARK BLUE NUMERAL ON WOVE PAPER. ONLY FIVE ARE KNOWN TO US, THREE OF WHICH WERE IN THE GOLDEN COLLECTION.

In addition to the three ex Golden blocks of 20, we know of two other blocks of the same size (one ex Honolulu Advertiser and the other ex Pietsch).

Ex Golden. Scott Retail as four blocks of four and four singles

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3,500

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