Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 12c-90c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 36-39)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2274
12c Black, Plate 3 (36B). Block of 24 in 8 x 3 format, original gum, intense shade and impression, most with tiny hinge slivers sensibly reinforcing perfs, small inked-in scrape in third stamp from right at bottomVERY FINE. AN IMPRESSIVE MULTIPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM PLATE 3 -- THE THIRD LARGEST BLOCK AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, AND THE LARGEST AVAILABLE WITH ORIGINAL GUM.
A pane of 100 is contained in the Jefferys collection, formerly in the Franklin Institute and now displayed at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. A half-pane of 50 and a block of 25 are also known (both offered in our Sale 1000), but neither has gum.
Ex Caspary, Klein, "Sevenoaks" and Wingate. With 2001 P.F. certificate. Scott value as four blocks of four and four pairs
26,000
5,000