Sale 1148 — The Barry K. Schwartz Collection of The U.S. 1909 Bluish Paper Issue

Sale Date — Tuesday, 28 February, 2017

Category — One-Cent Green, Two-Cent Carmine (Scott 357-358)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
110
c
Sale 1148, Lot 110, One-Cent Green, Two-Cent Carmine (Scott 357-358)1c Green, Bluish (357). Horizontal pair, top perfs slightly in, rich color, tied by “Washington D.C. Mar. 22 12 PM 1909” wavy-line machine cancel on corner card cover to Hanover Pa., Very Fine, with 1979 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail for two used singles is $300.00 (the $250.00 Scott value for “on cover” makes no sense, since the domestic rate was 2c, requiring two stamps)

E. 200-300
200