Sale 1166 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 24-26 October, 2017
Category — Revenues: Second and Third Issues, Proprietary
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1354
$5.00 Green & Black on Violet Paper, Proprietary (RB10a). Rich color, centered to left but design elements intact, manuscript cancel, a few creases, one of which ends in a closed tear at left, Fine appearance, with 1972 P.F. certificate. examples of the $5.00 Proprietary Issue almost invariably have faults, due to the stamp's large size and the nature of its use, the Kingsley book contains a table showing 2,109 stamps ordered and he records only 119 copies extant
11,000
1,900