Sale 1192 — United States Stamps including Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 14-16 November, 2018
Category — 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)
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8c Olive Green, Bluish (363). Lightly hinged, intense color on deeply blued paper, wide margins for this difficult issue, light pencil notation on backEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFULLY-CENTERED AND FRESH ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 8-CENT BLUISH PAPER.
The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,000 (ten sheets) of the 8c were printed on Bluish Paper. It is believed that none of the 4c and 8c Bluish Paper stamps were distributed to post offices, and that all of the examples in collectors’ hands reached the market through the Travers-Steinmetz exchange and the 1914 National Museum trades to H. F. Colman (12 copies) and Nassau Stamp Company (65 copies).
Ex "Laila". With 2000 and 2009 P.F. certificates.
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