Sale 1147 — The Don David Price Collection of the U.S. 1918 24c Jenny Air Post Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday, 28 February, 2017
Category — Fast and Supersonic Plane
24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post, Fast Plane Variety (C3 var). Unused (no gum), dramatic forward vignette shift with the top wing extending all the way to the perfs at left, well-centered, natural s.e. at rightVERY FINE AND RARE. THIS IS THE FASTEST OF THE 1918 24-CENT AIR POST FAST PLANE VARIETY -- MORE LIKE A "SUPERSONIC" PLANE.
The Philatelic Foundation has never published an article defining the criteria for certifying the Fast Plane variety, as they did for the Grounded Plane. The generally accepted definition is a stamp where the wings of the Jenny break clearly into the Carmine frame at left. Like the other shifts, there are degrees of displacement. The stamp offered in this lot shows the wings of the plane shifted well into the unprinted margin, touching the perfs at left. It is the fastest of the Fast Planes, and examples such as this are far rarer than the other Fast Planes. Noted researcher Joe Kirker has stated that all of the few examples he has seen are without gum.
