Sale 1188 — United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection
Sale Date — Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
Category — 10c 1855 Issue, including Unique Multiples and Covers
The only recorded unused 10¢ 1855 Imperforate with the plate number and imprint--spectacular as a strip of three and of the greatest importance to collectors of classic United States stampsDESCRIPTION
10¢ Green, Type II (14), Positions 51-53L1 in an unused horizontal strip of three with “ENGRAVERS. Phila. New York. B(oston)” portion of imprint and “No. 1” plate number in sheet margin at left, large margins, Position 51L at left is a double transfer variety, rich color, bright and fresh paper
PROVENANCE
* Edgar B. Jessup (inherited by Pearce)
* Basil C. Pearce (Jessup’s son-in-law; inherited and sold privately)
* Ryohei Ishikawa, Christie’s Robson Lowe sale, 9/28-29/1993, lot 151, to Chapin
* John C. Chapin (collection sold privately to Shreves and then to William H. Gross, 2002)
CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES
* John C. Chapin, A Census of United States Classic Plate Blocks 1851-1882, p. 3
* Mortimer L. Neinken, The United States Ten Cent Stamps of 1855-1859, fig. 8, p. 16
CONDITION NOTES
* Extremely Fine appearance; two vertical creases--one through center stamp and the other between the center and right stamps--and a small scissors-cut in bottom margin between the same stamps
VIEW PDF OF HISTORY AND COMMENTARY at https://siegelauctions.com/2018/1188/38.pdf
