Sale 973 — 2009 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 13 June, 2009
Category — 1857-60 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
49
5c Indian Red (28A). Wonderful color in the true Indian Red shade, unusually choice centering for this difficult issue, long and full perforations all around incl. intact perfs at bottom, neat New Orleans circular datestamp and also red circular datestampEXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1857 ISSUE IN THE DESIRABLE INDIAN RED COLOR.
With 1999 and 2004 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $9,600.00). Only one has graded higher to date and only four others share this grade.
3,850
4,500
