Sale 930 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 February, 2007
Category — 1847 Issue (Scott 1-2)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1335
5c Brown Orange (1d). Position 91L with enormous bottom left corner sheet margins, 10mm at left and 11mm at bottom, other sides very large, distinctive Brown Orange shade of 5th Printing (according to Hahn analysis) on deeply blued paper, blue grid cancel, slight dry print typical of corner positions where paper dried first, pre-printing vertical crease and a few tiny toned specksEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE CORNER MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN THE BROWN ORANGE COLOR, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN GIVEN A SEPARATE SCOTT CATALOGUE LISTING. ONE OF THE FEW FULL CORNER-MARGIN EXAMPLES OF THE 5-CENT 1847 IN EXISTENCE.
Ex Dr. Morris. With 1996 Calvet M. Hahn analysis and 2002 P.F. certificate.
1,785
5,250
