Sale 1285 — The World Traveler Collection of United States Stamps

Sale Date — Thursday, 4 May, 2023

Category — 1902-08, 1908-22 Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2101
og
Sale 1285, Lot 2101, 1902-08, 1908-22 Issues4c Orange Brown, Bluish (360). Original gum, rich color on nicely blued paper, small stains at bottom left along perfs and above Washington's mouth

OTHERWISE FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 4-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.

The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,400 (eleven sheets) of the 4c 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 2021 P.F. certificate

27,500
6,250