Sale 1242 — The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 October, 2021

Category — Three-Cent: Carriers and Locals

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
231
 
Sale 1242, Lot 231, Three-Cent: Carriers and LocalsU.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black (7LB18). Large margins to just into "U" of "U.S.P.O." at upper left, on 1c 1851 Issue Plate 1L sheet margin showing "K NOTE ENGRAVERS. Phila" and "No. 1" portion of imprint, the carrier handstamp struck between Positions 50/60R1L and showing a portion of the adjoining 1c stamp at top (or at left as the imprint would have been originally oriented), Very Fine and extremely rare example showing such a good portion of the imprint and the plate number, ex Caspary, with 2006 P.F. certificate

E. 1,000-1,500
3,750