Sale 1234 — The Gary Petersen Collection of Important United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 29-30 April, 2021
Category — 1912-23 Issues, Compound Perforations (Scott 423A-423D)
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Cat./Est. Value
Realized
331
5c Blue, Perf 12 x 10 (423C). Choice centering, bold strike of circular datestamp cancel, deep rich color, few light diagonal creases at bottomVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1914 5-CENT WASHINGTON PERF 12 x 10. ONLY 24 USED COPIES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. NONE ARE KNOWN UNUSED.
Our census of Scott 423C is available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/US/Scott/423C . For no apparent reason, the 5c has the highest percentage of faulty stamps of any of the 1914 Compound Perf issues. Of the 24 used copies in our census, seventeen are either faulty or have the perforations in on at least one side of the design. This wide-margined stamp has minor creases and ranks among the finer examples.
Census no. 423C-CAN-10. With 1963 P.F. certificate
16,000
9,000