Sale 932 — The Scarsdale Collection, Part 4: Washington-Franklin Issues

Sale Date — Friday, 30 March, 2007

Category — 1915 Rotary Press Coil Issue (Scott 448 to 459)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
168
nh
Sale 932, Lot 168, 1915 Rotary Press Coil Issue (Scott 448 to 459)2c Carmine Rose, Ty. I, Coil (453). Mint N.H. joint line pair, beautifully centered, rich color on white paper

EXTREMELY FINE gem. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF SCOTT 453.

The Type I rotary press stamps were produced using the same master dies as had been used for flat plate printings. However, due to the curve of the plate to fit the rotary press, the impressions lacked some of the details of the flat plate printings. New dies were made with strengthened lines, resulting in the Type II stamps. The web-fed rotary printing and perforating process made it very difficult for well-centered examples to be consistently produced.

With 1997 P.S.E. and 2006 P.F. certificates

1,550
3,750