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

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

Category — Five-Cent: Off-Cover (Scott 12)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
277
 
Sale 1242, Lot 277, Five-Cent: Off-Cover (Scott 12)5c Red Brown (12). Position 61L1, large left sheet margin including "NGRAVERS. Phila. New York Bos" part left imprint, deep shade, cancelled by Boston large "Paid" grid, minor faults, a scarce example of the 5c 1856 Issue showing a sizable portion of the imprint, our census records contain only fourteen examples of this issue showing any trace of the imprint, only three are known from this position, and this one shows significantly more than the others, ex Mayer and Hansen

E. 500-750
850