Sale 1159 — 2017 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
Category — 1908-10 Washington-Franklins and Bluish Paper Issues (Scott 331-363)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
228
4c Orange Brown, Bluish (360). Lightly hinged, rich color on blued paper, tiny natural inclusion at right and a second inclusion picked out in "O" of "Postage"FINE APPEARING AND SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE 4-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,400 (eleven sheets) of the 4c 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 2013 P.F. certificate
27,500
13,500
