Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 1909 Bluish Paper Issue, 1909 Commemoratives (Scott 357-373)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3323
4c Orange Brown, Bluish (360). Rich color on deeply blued paper, typical centering for this difficult issueFINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 4-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,400 (eleven sheets) of the 4c were printed on Bluish Paper. It is believed that none of the 4c and 8c Bluish Paper stamps were distributed to post offices, and that all of the examples in collectors’ hands reached the market through the Travers-Steinmetz exchange and the 1914 National Museum trades to H. F. Colman (12 copies) and Nassau Stamp Company (65 copies).
With 1964 P.F. certificate
27,500
13,000
