Sale 1187 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday, 25 July, 2018

Category — Newspapers and Periodicals

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
759
og
Sale 1187, Lot 759, Newspapers and Periodicals60c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR98). Original gum, narrow portion of selvage adhering to gum along right edge, rich color, typical centering for this difficult issue

FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 60-CENT 1894 NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS ISSUE. ONLY EIGHTEEN UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE CONTAINED IN OUR RECORDS AND THIS IS ONE OF ONLY THREE EXAMPLES CONFIRMED AS SOUND.

Our census of PR98, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/PR98 , contains eighteen unused and five used examples. Of the unused examples, only three are confirmed as sound, including the stamp offered here and one which has a straight edge at top.

Census No. PR98-OG-08. With 2005 P.F. certificate

40,000
5,750