Sale 1209 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 22-23 October, 2019

Category — Revenues: Second Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1585°
 
Sale 1209, Lot 1585, Revenues: Second Issue$20.00 Blue & Black, Second Issue (R129). Deep rich color, choice centering and margins, neat central strike of blue "Wm Vernon New York Jan. 20, 1872" oval handstamp cancel

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN OUTSTANDING AND EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $20.00 SECOND ISSUE REVENUE CANCELLED SOLELY BY A BLUE HANDSTAMP.

Incredibly, this is the only example of the $20.00 Second Issue listed in Power Search with any kind of a handstamp cancel. All of the more than 20 used examples we have sold since 1993 have manuscript cancels.

Ex Kingsley and "Scarsdale". With 2003 P.F. certificate

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