Sale 1234 — The Gary Petersen Collection of Important United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 29-30 April, 2021
Category — 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
39
12c Black (17). Horizontal strip of four with huge bottom sheet margin, other sides mostly clear to ample, slightly in at top right, deep shade, grid cancels with trace of blue cancel in margin, certificate mentions trivial crease in one stamp and corner of sheet margin, still Very Fine, an impressive sheet-margin multiple of the 12c 1851 Issue, ex Hansen, with 2004 P.F. certificate, Scott value as two pairs does not reflect its rarity (a block of four catalogues $5,500.00)
1,150
1,900
