Sale 1234 — The Gary Petersen Collection of Important United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 29-30 April, 2021
Category — Newspapers and Periodicals (PR63-PR113)
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$3.00 Scarlet, 1894 Issue (PR100). Original gum, h.r., brilliant color, centering is typical for the issue, sealed tear at top leftFINE APPEARANCE.ONLY ELEVEN EXAMPLES OF THE 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, AND ONLY TWO ARE CONFIRMED AS SOUND. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF THE ISSUE.
Our census of PR100, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/PR100 , contains 12 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library. Only two are confirmed as sound -- numbers 3 and 6 -- but number 6 has perfs touching the design at right. Several others also have perforations touching the design.
Census no. PR100-OG-01. 1967 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies. With 1994 P.F. certificate.
50,000
16,000