Sale 1234 — The Gary Petersen Collection of Important United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 29-30 April, 2021
Category — Newspapers and Periodicals (PR4-PR52)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
496
$6.00 Ultramarine, 1875 Special Printing (PR50). Without gum as issued, brilliant color, attractive margins and centeringSOUND AND FINE EXAMPLE OF THE $6.00 1875 CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPER SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY FOURTEEN WERE SOLD, AND ONLY SEVEN HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE. ONE OF THE RAREST STAMPS IN UNITED STATES PHILATELY.
According to sale records of the 1875 Newspaper Special Printings, 14 of the $6.00 were sold and delivered. On July 16, 1884, the Special Printings were withdrawn from sale, and the remaining supply was destroyed.
Our census of Scott PR50, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/PR50 , contains seven examples. Six are certified by The Philatelic Foundation and two by P.S.E. (this stamp has certificates from both). Number 2 is reperfed at bottom.
Census no. PR50-UNC-07. With 2007 P.S.E. and 2021 P.F. certificates
80,000
40,000