Sale 918 — The Scarsdale Collection, Part 2: 1847-1869 Issues and Confederate States
Sale Date — Wednesday, 20 September, 2006
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1869 Pictorial Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
68
3c Blue, Re-Issue (125). Original gum, lightly hinged, radiant color on bright paper, unusually wide margins for this difficult issue, long and full perforations all aroundVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFULLY-PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.
Original sales figures show that among the 1869 Pictorial Re-Issues, the 3c and 90c stamps accounted for the smallest number of units sold (1,406 and 1,356, respectively). Overall, the 1869's were popular with stamp collectors, far outselling the 1851-60 and 1861-66 Re-Issue sets. However, the 90c stamp's high denomination and the availability of ordinary 3c stamps limited demand. Today, both are rare, and handling over the years has not been kind to most of the surviving examples.
Ex Eugene Joyce. With 1974 and 2000 P.F. certificates.
5,500
7,500