Sale 1145 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 14 December, 2016
Category — Modern Errors (Scott 1370b thru 1471b)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
558
8c Tom Sawyer, Horizontal Pair, Imperforate Between (1470a). Mint N.H., choice centering, bright and freshEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE TOM SAWYER COMMEMORATIVE HORIZONTAL PAIR, IMPERFORATE-BETWEEN ERROR.
The Datz book records only six sound error pairs, plus one additional pair which is damaged, making this one of the rarest modern perforation errors. We last offered one in our 1978 Rarities sale
7,250
4,000