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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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
317
8c Olive Green, Bluish (363). Original gum, lightly hinged, overall toningFINE CENTERING AND RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 8-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,000 (ten sheets) of the 8c 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 1947 A.P.S. certificate
30,000
9,000