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
16
24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post, Grounded and Slow Plane Variety (C3 var). From the top row of the sheet with natural s.e. at top, choice centering, wheels of the plane well into "Cents" and the vignette also shifted significantly rearward with the wing and tail into the Carmine frame and the background shading into the unprinted margin, a Grounded and Slow Plane variety, circular datestamp cancel, light diagonal crease and small shallow thin spotVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE THE 1918 24-CENT FIRST AIR POST ISSUE SHOWING BOTH A GROUNDED AND SLOW 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 previous lot and the pair offered in lot 17.
E. 2,000-3,000
1,100