Sale 1212 — Superb United States Stamps and Private Die Proprietary Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 20-21 November, 2019
Category — 1917-19 Washington-Franklin Issues
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9c Salmon Red, Perf 10 at Top (509a). Vibrant color, neat strike of registry oval cancelFINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE SOUND AND POSTALLY USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1917 9-CENT PERF 10 AT TOP OR BOTTOM. ONLY FIVE HAVE POSTAL CANCELS AND ONLY TWO ARE SOUND.
Our census of Scott 509a, available at our website at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/509a , contains a total of 32 used and one unused example of this rarity. 27 of the used copies are precancelled. Of the five postally cancelled copies, only one other, ex Natalee Grace, is sound.
Census No. 509a-CAN-21. With 2005 P.F. certificate
7,500
2,000