Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 5c 1847 Issue (Scott 1)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2074
5c Red Brown (1). Horizontal pair, original gum, with right sheet margin, margins on other sides are large to just touched, light shade and worn-plate impression, right stamp with diagonal crease which slightly breaks the paper at upper left, left stamp light diagonal creases and tiny edge tear at topFINE APPEARANCE. A RARE SHEET-MARGIN PAIR OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE WITH ORIGINAL GUM.
Unused 5c 1847 multiples with sheet margins are rare, and only a few have original gum.
With 1994 P.S.E. certificate (for a strip of three) stating "genuine, o.g., with minor faults." Scott value $15,000.00
E. 2,000-3,000
1,200
