Sale 1140 — Outstanding United States Stamps, featuring The Irwin Weinberg Inventory
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 9-11 November, 2016
Category — 1912-15 Washington-Franklin Issue (Scott 405-461)
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878°
3c Violet, Coil (456). Mint N.H. joint line pair, brilliant color, wide and balanced margins, perfs intact at sides with portions of adjoining stampsEXTREMELY FINE MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 1916 3-CENT COIL, SCOTT 456.
Scott 456 was the first 3c stamp to be printed on the Stickney rotary printing press. It was current for a little over a year. The joint line occurred after every 17 stamps, so is considerably scarcer and more difficult to obtain in higher grades than a normal pair.
With 2016 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $3,950.00). Only one has been graded higher (at 95) and this is the only example to achieve this grade.
2,600
3,750