Sale 1185 — 2018 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Wednesday, 27 June, 2018
Category — 1851-60 Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
28°
24c Gray Lilac, 30c Orange, 90c Blue, Imperforate (37c, 38a, 39a). Complete set, huge margins to clear including 24c with sheet margin at bottom, unused (no gum), rich colorsVERY FINE. A SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF THE 1860 IMPERFORATE ISSUE. THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE ALL THREE VALUES OF THIS IMPERFORATE VARIETY AT ONCE.
According to Brookman, the 24c, 30c and 90c 1860 Imperforates come from a trial printing of the finished designs submitted to the Postmaster General for final opinion. The designs and colors match the regular issues (unlike essays and trial color proofs). For many years these were listed in the front of Scott Catalogue. A complete set of three is rare as there exist only a handful of the 90c. Only one set of pairs is known to exist as the 90c is unique as a pair. That set realized $70,000 hammer in our Sale 1000.
30c with 1952 P.F. and 90c with 1972 P.F. certificates
7,500
4,250