Sale 1139 — U.S. Treasures of Philately from The Irwin Weinberg Inventory
Sale Date — Wednesday, 9 November, 2016
Category — Hawaii
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147
HAWAII, 1893, 12c Black, Category I Double Red Ovpt. (62e). Horizontal block of six with wide part imprint selvage at left, original gum, few h.r., deep shade, centered to bottom with perfs just touching on bottom right stamp only, strong overprints, light gum toning at bottom of blockVERY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 1893 12-CENT DOUBLE RED OVERPRINT. THIS IS THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE.
Only two sheets of the 12c were doubly overprinted in red. A review of Power Search and important name sales going back 60 years failed to find another multiple larger than a block of four.
Ex Golden. Scott Retail as singles with no premium for the position
12,000
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