Sale 1244 — The Arthur S. Przybyl Collection of United States, Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 9-10 November, 2021
Category — 1847 Issue (Scott 1-2)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
22
5c Red Brown (1). Position 100R with enormous bottom right corner sheet margins, 8.5mm at right and 7mm at bottom, other two margins are large and even, bright shade with strong orange cast, cleaned-plate impression--this is closer to an Orange Brown than Red Brown--light strike of blue cancel, slight wrinkle and crease, faint manuscript ink offset on backEXTREMELY FINE GEM APPEARING CORNER SHEET-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE. ONE OF THE FINEST CORNER MARGIN EXAMPLES EXTANT.
Ex Boker and Gross.
E. 2,000-3,000
3,500