Sale 956 — The Jay Hoffman Collection of United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 8-9 May, 2008
Category — 1861-66 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
71
30c Orange (71). Original gum, choice centering for this difficult issue, vivid color in a bright vibrant shadeEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1861 ISSUE, WITH WONDERFUL GUM, CENTERING, COLOR AND PERFORATIONS.
The narrowly-spaced 30c 1861 plate left very little room for the 12-gauge perforations between stamps. Consequently, examples with wide margins at sides are extremely rare -- this fact is acknowledged in the Scott Catalogue footnote to No. 71.
Ex Scarsdale. With 1986 and 2003 P.F. certificates
2,500
10,000