Sale 1254 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 6-7 April, 2022
Category — The Mulholland Collection of Specimens - 1869 Pictorial thru Bank Note Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
535
S
30c Ultramarine & Carmine, "Specimen" Ovpt. Ty. A (121S-A). Clear overprint at top, unused (no gum), some slight rubbing across "Specimen" handstamp and small corner creases at rightA RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITH "SPECIMEN" OVERPRINT.
This stamp and the example offered in the following lot are the only examples of the 30c 1869 Pictorial with "Specimen" overprint listed in Power Search since an example offered in our 1993 Rarities sale.
With 2009 P.F. certificate
2,750
3,500