Sale 1144 — Smithsonian National Postal Museum Benefit Auction

Sale Date — Tuesday, 13 December, 2016

Category — 1c 1851-56 Issue, Types Ia-II (Scott 5A-7)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
19
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Sale 1144, Lot 19, 1c 1851-56 Issue, Types Ia-II (Scott 5A-7)1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 2, horizontal pair, huge margins all around showing part of four adjoining stamps at top and bottom, original gum, lightly hinged, rich color

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM PAIR OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE II.

With 1998 P.F. certificate

2,400
4,000