Sale 1144 — Smithsonian National Postal Museum Benefit Auction
Sale Date — Tuesday, 13 December, 2016
Category — 1c 1851-56 Issue, Types III-IIIa (Scott 8-8A)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
31
1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (8A). Position 99R1E, large even margins, beautiful Plate 1 Early color nicely complemented by magenta small Boston "Paid" grid cancel, additional manuscript at bottom, fresh and Extremely Fine, Boston struck the small "Paid" grid in magenta briefly during first month of the 1851 Issue, examples are very scarce and rare on better 1c 1851 types
1,065
800