Sale 1234 — The Gary Petersen Collection of Important United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 29-30 April, 2021
Category — 1908-10 Washington-Franklin Issues including Bluish Paper (Scott 356-365)
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4c Orange Brown, Bluish (360). Original gum, h.r., rich color on deeply blued paper, three wide marginsVERY FINE 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).
Light purple backstamp. Signed in pencil "SA" (Spencer Anderson). With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (OGh, F-VF 75; SMQ $24,000.00)
27,500
14,000