Sale 1224 — 2020 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 30 June-1 July, 2020

Category — Revenues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
254
 
Sale 1224, Lot 254, Revenues10c Dark Green, "I.R." Overprint (R157). Clear overprint, "M.M. L.I.C. 7/8/98" manuscript cancellation of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co., rich color, horizontal crease, Very Fine appearing example of this rare emergency provisional, Sloane's Column (Jul. 31, 1948) stated that these provisional revenues were brought to the philatelic market by J. E. Scott, a collector and employee of the Michigan Mutual Life Insurance company, J. E. Scott reported that the company used 41 copies of the 8c, 66 of the 10c and 28 of the 15c, with copy of 1975 P.F. certificate for pair

4,000
2,100