Sale 975 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 23-25 June, 2009

Category — 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-39)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1231
 
Sale 975, Lot 1231, 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-39)90c Blue (39). Attractive margins and centering, black cork cancel and tiny trace of red transit, reperfed at right, single pulled perf at top, purple backstamp shows through bottom left (actually barely noticeable as it blends in with cancel), otherwise Very Fine, very scarce used stamp of which the vast majority are found defective, heavily repaired or with fraudulent cancels, with 2008 P.F. certificate

9,500
1,400