Sale 1278 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 21-23 March, 2023
Category — 1867-68 Grilled Issue and 1861 Re-Issue (Scott 79-111)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3244
3c Rose, Partially Erased C. Grill (83 var). Wide margins, bright color, light strike of large grid cancel, clearly defined grill showing partial erasure of continuous grill at right, Very Fine and scarce, in a few areas of the C Grill (Positions 99-100R, 89-90R, 79-80R, 68-69R and 1-2L, 11-12L, 21-22L and 31-32L), the points between grills were insufficiently planed away or erased when the all-over A Grill was converted to the smaller C Grill, this is a particularly choice example, from our 2002 Rarities sale, with 1986 P.F. certificate
2,750
1,100
