Sale 1147 — The Don David Price Collection of the U.S. 1918 24c Jenny Air Post Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday, 28 February, 2017
Category — Mint Never-Hinged Grounded Planes from Sanabria Sheet
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24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post, Grounded Plane Variety (C3 var). Position 95 with bottom half-arrow selvage, Mint N.H., attractive margins and centering, significant vignette shift with the plane's wheels extending approximately to the midpoint of "Cents"VERY FINE AND CHOICE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1918 24-CENT AIR POST GROUNDED PLANE VARIETY.
The Grounded Plane stamps with pronounced vignette shifts are almost always found with hinged gum. This Mint N.H. example, with a significant vignette shift and from a better position, is very desirable.
Sanabria backstamp. With 1998 P.F. certificate
E. 3,000-4,000
5,000