Sale 1206 — United States Stamps and Confederate States
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 23-25 July, 2019
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 123-133a)
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3c Blue, Re-Issue (125). Bright color, neat strike of duplex cancel, repaired tear and crease at bottom barely detractVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE. ONLY SIXTEEN ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
Our census of Scott 125 in used condition, available at http://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/125, contains only 16 copies, including one on piece and one on the recently re-emerged Caspary cover. Of the used off-cover copies, only five are confirmed as sound.
Census No. 125-CAN-05. With 1975 and 2000 P.F. certificates.
27,500
6,750