Sale 968A — The Alan B. Whitman Collection, Part Two: 1870-1901 Issues

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 14-15 April, 2009

Category — 1901 Pan-American Issue Invert Blocks (Scott 294a, 295a, 296)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
367
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Sale 968A, Lot 367, 1901 Pan-American Issue Invert Blocks (Scott 294a, 295a, 296)1c Pan-American, Center Inverted (294a). Block of four, rich colors, small hinge-reinforced perf separations, insignificant toned perf tips not mentioned on accompanying certificate

FINE AND RARE BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE ONE-CENT PAN-AMERICAN INVERT.

The Pan-American inverts were the first bicolored postage stamps produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the first invert postage errors issued by the Post Office since the 1869's. The 1c Pan-American Inverts were found in several post offices around the country. Thirteen blocks of four, a block of six and a block of 20 are recorded in our Levi records, some of which may have been broken into singles.

With 2001 P.F. certificate

75,000
21,000