Sale 920 — United States Rarities

Sale Date — Tuesday, 17 October, 2006

Category — Washington-Franklin Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
211
 
Sale 920, Lot 211, Washington-Franklin Issues3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Choice centering with wide margins, deep rich color and proof-like impression showing every detail of the engraving, neat wavy-line machine cancel used at Orangeburg N.Y.

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL.

Due to their use on mass mailings, many of the existing Orangeburg coils are faulty to some extent. The most common defects are corner creases or tears. Sound and well-centered copies have been recognized by collectors as truly rare, and bidding has been fierce for premium copies such as the stamp offered here.

With 1995 P.F. certificates

10,000
25,000