Sale 1205 — 2019 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Wednesday, 26 June, 2019

Category — 1908-15 Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2081
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Sale 1205, Lot 2081, 1908-15 Issues4c Orange Brown, Bluish (360). Rich color on deeply blued paper, typical centering for this difficult issue

FRESH AND FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 4-CENT BLUISH PAPER.

The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,400 (eleven sheets) of the 4c 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).

With 1979 and 2002 P.F. certificates

27,500
14,500