Sale 1217 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
Category — Revenues - First Issue
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1395
$2.00 Probate of Will, Imperforate (R83a). Large margins all around, fresh color, cancelled solely by two strikes of "Bank of California Oct. 9" oval datestamp, tiny thin spot at lower right faintly appears in fluid but is difficult to detectVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE RARE IMPERFORATE $2.00 PROBATE OF WILL, CANCELLED SOLELY BY A BANK OF CALIFORNIA OVAL HANDSTAMP.
A Power Search review found only one other R83a with a handstamp cancel offered in our auctions since 1994 (part of a reconstructed strip of three in our 2014 sale of the Curtis Collection).
7,000
1,600
