Sale 1140 — Outstanding United States Stamps, featuring The Irwin Weinberg Inventory

Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 9-11 November, 2016

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Category — 5c-90c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 27-39)

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Sale 1140, Lot 375, 5c-90c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 27-39)5c Indian Red (28A). Unused (no gum), exceptional intense color in the true 1858 Indian Red shade, proof-like impression on bright paper

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE SOUND UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1858 5-CENT INDIAN RED.

Our search of old auction catalogues and the records of The Philatelic Foundation and P.S.E. yielded only eleven unused examples of Scott 28A. Of these, the majority are without gum.

With 2002 P.F. certificate

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