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

Sale Date — Wednesday, 9 November, 2016

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Category — Washington-Franklin and Later Issues

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Sale 1139, Lot 87, Washington-Franklin and Later Issues8c Olive Green, Bluish (363). Lightly hinged, rich color on deeply blued paper

FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 8-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.

According to Johl (Vol. 1, page 175), the only source of the 4c and 8c Bluish stamps was the archives of the Post Office Department. Approximately 80 of each were traded for rare stamps missing from the archives.

With 1957 (for a block of four) and 2001 P.F. certificates

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