Sale 1150 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 1 March, 2017
Category — Newspapers and Periodicals: 1879 thru 1895 Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1285
60c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR98). Original gum, bright color, thin spot at bottom and horizontal creaseFINE APPEARANCE. THE 60-CENT 1894 NEWSPAPER ISSUE IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL NEWSPAPER STAMPS. ONLY 18 UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE CONTAINED IN OUR RECORDS.
Our census of PR98 is available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR98/PR98.pdf . Of the 18 unused and four used copies contained in our records, only two are potentially sound.
Census No. PR98-OG-18. Offered to the market for the first time in more than 40 years. With 2017 P.F. certificate
40,000
3,750
