Sale 1258 — The Richie Prager Collection of United States Hunting Permits
Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
Category — Errors and Varieties
$3.00 1959 Hunting Permit, Back Inscription Inverted (RW26a). Mint N.H. with right selvage, choice margins and centering, bright and fresh in every respectEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED UNUSED EXAMPLES OF THE 1959 HUNTING PERMIT STAMP, INSCRIPTION INVERTED ERROR.
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 example offered in the lot 3155), RW24a (6-8 known according to Datz, one offered in lot 3156), RW25a (one known, offered in the previous lot) and RW26a (two unused known, offered here). The Datz catalogue states there are only two reported examples of Scott RW26a, but Scott also lists this used, so that example may be a third.
With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85; the error unpriced in SMQ).
