Sale 1258 — The Richie Prager Collection of United States Hunting Permits
Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
Category — Errors and Varieties
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3156
$2.00 Emerald, 1957 Hunting Permit, Back Inscription Inverted (RW24a). Original gum, lightly hinged, bright color, few perfs at lower left with small stainVERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 1957 HUNTING PERMIT WITH THE BACK INSCRIPTION INVERTED.
The inscriptions printed on the back of Federal Hunting Permit stamps, warning hunters to sign their stamps, began with the 1946 Issue (RW13) and continued until the self-adhesive stamps of the late 1990's. Only four Hunting Permit issues are listed with back inscription inverted: RW22a (two unused and one used known -- the used offered in the previous lot), RW24a (6-8 known according to Datz, offered here), RW25a (one known, offered in the following lot) and RW26a (two known, one offered in lot 3158).
With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (F-VF 75; the error unpriced in SMQ)
7,500
2,200