Sale 1278 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 21-23 March, 2023
Category — 1857-60 Issue and 1857 Reprint (Scott 18-47)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3167
1c Blue, Ty. V, Va (24, 24 var). Partial reconstruction of Plate 5 on Ashbrook plating pages, showing a total of 37 positions, including 18 from the left pane comprising seven Type Va and eleven Type V, 19 positions from the right pane comprising two Type V and 17 of Type Va, includes four curl positions (2R, 34R, 65R and 75R), four strips of three and two pairs including two of the four Type V positions from the right pane (Positions 85-86R), mostly town cancels with a couple in blue, some faults to be expected but overall many sound and very presentable examples, an impressive assembly and nucleus of scarce Plate 5 stamps, most of which were verified by Richard Celler
E. 1,500-2,000
1,800

