Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — Revenues, Other Issues including Savings
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3855
10c 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 (the other stamp in the pair was offered in our 2020 Rarities sale), with 1985 and 1998 P.F. certificates as single
4,000
850
