Sale 1179 — United States and Possessions

Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 March, 2018

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*A buyer’s premium of 18% of the winning bid was added as part of the total purchase price on all lots in this sale. Buyers were responsible for applicable sales tax, customs duty and any other prescribed charges. By placing a bid, bidders agreed to the terms and conditions in effect at the time of the sale.

Category — Revenues: First Issue

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Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2665
 
Sale 1179, Lot 2665, Revenues: First Issue$1.90 Foreign Exchange, Imperforate (R80a). Large margins all around, fresh and bright color of the true imperforate, neat July 3, 1863 manuscript cancel, tiny corner crease at bottom left

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE $1.90 IMPERFORATE FOREIGN EXCHANGE FIRST ISSUE REVENUE.

It is believed that of the 9,000 examples originally issued imperforate, 312 were returned for perforating. It is not known how many were used. A review using Power Search found a dozen or so unduplicated copies. No multiples are known.

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