Sale 937 — 2007 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 16 June, 2007

Category — 1857-60 Issue and Reprints

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
73°
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Sale 937, Lot 73, 1857-60 Issue and Reprints10c Blue Green, Reprint (43). Without gum as issued, beautiful rich color and proof-like impression on bright white paper, remarkably choice centering for this difficult stamp

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. ONE OF THE FINEST COPIES EXTANT OF THE 10-CENT 1857 REPRINT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT VALUES OF THE SET TO OBTAIN IN SOUND, EXTREMELY FINE CONDITION.

Only 516 were sold. As a means of comparing the quality of this stamp against some of the other existing copies, we searched through our Levi records and several past auction catalogues, looking for examples in comparable condition. Perhaps five in our records of hundreds of surviving examples compared favorably to the stamp offered here.

With 1976 and 2000 P.F. certificates.

3,000
8,000