Sale 1172 — United States Stamps and Hawaii

Sale Date — Tuesday, 19 December, 2017

Category — 1859-65 Numeral Issues, cont. (Scott 14-16)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1103
 
Sale 1172, Lot 1103, 1859-65 Numeral Issues, cont. (Scott 14-16)HAWAII, 1859-63, 2c Black, "2" at Top (16a). Plate 3-C, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), huge margins to full, tiny nicks at top entirely in margin, neat brush stroke cancel at center and also at bottom right, diagonal crease at right

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1859-63 2-CENT HAWAIIAN NUMERAL WITH THE "2" AT TOP.

From our 1976 Rarities sale

3,750
1,300