Sale 1179 — United States and Possessions
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 March, 2018
Category — 1894-98 Bureau Issues (Scott 246-282)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2284
1c-50c 1894-95 Issue, Imperforate (253a-258a, 264a-275a). Complete set of the 3c-5c and 10c pairs of the unwatermarked issue (only these four exist imperforate) and pairs of the watermarked issue through the 50c, original gum (50c no gum), some h.r. or disturbance, ample to large margins, a couple trivial flaws including faint ink mark on 50c, overall Very Fine, in Brookman Volume III, pages 128-129, a complete account of the origin of the 1895 Imperforates is quoted from a column by George B. Sloane, although the Scott Catalogue at first did not recognize the imperforates, from 1916 they inserted a statement "All denominations of this issue exist imperforate but they were not regularly issued in that condition", accompanied by four P.F. certificates
6,000
2,000
