Sale 1256 — The Great Point Collection of United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday, 8 June, 2022

Category — 1908-12 Issues (Scott 350-369)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2175
og
Sale 1256, Lot 2175, 1908-12 Issues (Scott 350-369)8c Olive Green, Bluish (363). Original gum, lightly hinged, rich color on nicely blued paper

FRESH AND VERY FINE SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 8-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.

The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,000 (ten sheets) of the 8c were printed on Bluish Paper. It is believed that none of the 4c and 8c Bluish Paper stamps were distributed to post offices, and that all of the examples in collectors’ hands reached the market through the Travers-Steinmetz exchange and the 1914 National Museum trades to H. F. Colman (12 copies) and Nassau Stamp Company (65 copies).

With 1973 and 2002 P.F. certificates

30,000
15,500