Sale 1230 — U.S. and Hawaii Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 15-18 December, 2020
Category — 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-39)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1768
90c Blue (39). Rich color, wide margins, reperfed at right, red New York grid cancel, magenta pen markings at bottomVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE.
The 90c stamp was issued in 1860 to prepay high international letter rates established by various postal treaties. The Civil War cut short the life of this issue. For this reason, genuinely cancelled copies are scarce.
With 1998 P.F. certificate
11,000
2,100