Sale 904 — Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Saturday, 10 December, 2005
Category — 1870-88 Bank Note Issues (Scott 135 to 166)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
133
24c Purple, Grill (142). H. Grill, usual pastel shade, neat strike of red New York Foreign Mail cancel, certificates mention lightened stains, which are really quite negligibleVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE 1870 24-CENT NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY GRILLED ISSUE WITH A RED NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL CANCEL.
With 1998 P.S.E and 2005 P.F. certificates
7,000
2,800