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
og
Sale 1150, Lot 1285, Newspapers and Periodicals: 1879 thru 1895 Issues60c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR98). Original gum, bright color, thin spot at bottom and horizontal crease

FINE 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