Sale 1147 — The Don David Price Collection of the U.S. 1918 24c Jenny Air Post Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday, 28 February, 2017
Category — Grounded Plane Used and Cover
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
15
24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post, Grounded Plane Variety (C3 var). Wide margins and well-centered, wheels of the plane well into "Cents" and also shifted forward with the wing just touching the Carmine frame (nearly a Fast Plane variety as well), bold "Toledo Ohio" double-oval cancel, light corner creases at bottom rightVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE THE 1918 24-CENT FIRST AIR POST ISSUE GROUNDED PLANE.
Research by Joe Kirker and Don David Price found five or fewer used examples of the Grounded Plane off cover, including this single, another single offered in the following lot and the pair offered in lot 17.
E. 3,000-4,000
3,250