Sale 1288 — The Nelson Berman Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday, 22 June, 2023
Category — 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 359-366)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
185
8c Olive Green, Bluish (363). Original gum, h.r., lovely color on deeply blued paper, choice centering for this difficult issueVERY FINE. A FRESH AND SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 8-CENT BLUISH PAPER.
The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,000 (ten sheets) of the 8c 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).
Small backstamp. With 1986 P.F. certificate.
30,000
13,500