Sale 1247 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 14-15 December, 2021

Category — Hawaii

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
809
 
Sale 1247, Lot 809, HawaiiHAWAII, 1893, 2c Dull Violet, Inverted Red Ovpt. (57g). Clear overprint, bold target cancel

FINE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1893 2-CENT DULL VIOLET WITH INVERTED OVERPRINT.

Only two sheets were overprinted upside down. Very few examples of this inverted overprint error are known used. This might be the only sound used copy extant.

Ex Middendorf and Golden

4,750
2,100