Sale 1244 — The Arthur S. Przybyl Collection of United States, Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 9-10 November, 2021
Category — 1861 Issue First Designs and Colors (Scott 55-61)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
108
90c Blue, First Design (62). Unused (no gum), deep dark color, reperfed at leftFINE APPEARANCE. THE 90-CENT IS THE SECOND RAREST STAMP OF THE 1861 FIRST DESIGNS AND COLORS.
Our census of Scott 62, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/62 , contains 22 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library and another copy certified as a privately perforated No. 62a, which comes from a set in the Col. Green sale that was signed by John Luff (we believe this stamp to be genuine). Another has been certified as genuine with a trial cancel.
Census no. 62-UNC-06. With 2003 and 2012 P.F. certificates
50,000
7,500