Sale 1150 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 1 March, 2017
Category — 1c-24c 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 112-120)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
730
15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II, Center Inverted (119b). Neat cork cancel leaves frame and inverted vignette clearly visible, trace of red cancel at bottom left, few flaws including creases and tiny thinsVERY FINE CENTERING. AN ATTRACTIVE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT.
Our recently-updated census of Scott 119b, available at our website at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/119b/119b.pdf , records three unused and 100 used copies of Scott 119b (there are an additional three used examples of Scott 119c). Two of the used copies are in institutions -- the Tapling Collection at the British Library and the Miller Collection at The New York Public Library.
Census No. 119b-CAN-79. P.S.E. encapsulated (G 30)
22,500
6,500
