Sale 958 — 2008 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 7 June, 2008
Category — Washington-Franklin Issues (continued)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
693
8c Olive Bister, Perf 10 at Top (508c). Pretty shade, face-free cancel at left, unusually choice centering for this difficult issueVERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 8-CENT 1917 ISSUE PERF AT AT TOP. ONLY FIFTEEN EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
The last example we offered was in October 2005. This stamp is massively undercatalogued in relation to its peers.
With 1972 A.P.S. and 2008 P.F. certificates
15,000
13,500