Sale 1150 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 1 March, 2017
Category — 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1013
8c Olive Green, Bluish (363). Lightly hinged, rich color on deeply blued paperFINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 8-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,000 (ten sheets) of the 8c were printed on Bluish Paper. It is believed that none of the 4c and 8c Bluish Paper stamps were distributed to post offices, and that all of the examples in collectors’ hands reached the market through the Travers-Steinmetz exchange and the 1914 National Museum trades to H. F. Colman (12 copies) and Nassau Stamp Company (65 copies).
With 1970 P.F. certificate
30,000
6,750
