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 Planes and 10th Row Sanabria Sheet
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24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post, Grounded Plane Variety (C3 var). Fresh colors, superb centering with wide margins, the plane's wheels shifted well into "Cents" with the blue background lines extending to the bottom of the wordEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFULLY CENTERED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1918 24-CENT FIRST AIR POST ISSUE GROUNDED PLANE VARIETY.
The Grounded Plane stamps are found with a range of vignette shifts, with some wheels just into "Cents" and some shifted to the middle (or rarely through the bottom) of the word. This example, with a pronounced shift, choice centering and sound condition is particularly desirable
E. 2,000-3,000
5,000