Sale 1149 — The Grant Inman Collection, Part 4: Proprietary and Other Revenue Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 28 February, 2017
Category — Proprietary Inverts
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
295
2c Green & Black on Violet Paper, Proprietary, Center Inverted (RB2c). Rich colors, bold handstamp cancel, light horizontal crease and tiny thin spotFINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THE 2-CENT PROPRIETARY ISSUE ON VIOLET PAPER WITH CENTER INVERTED. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF UNITED STATES REVENUE COLLECTING.
Only two examples of this invert are recorded: 1) the example offered here; and 2) single penstroke cancel, tiny pinhole and faint translucency, ex Cunliffe and Curtis.
Ex Lyons. With 1979 and 1993 P.F. certificates.
45,000
18,000