Sale 984 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 6-8 April, 2010
Category — 1917-19 Issues (Scott 481-524)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
926
13c Apple Green, "Colonias" Overprint (513S). 19 mm violet "Colonias" overprint in capital letters, stamp affixed to piece (probably from Portuguese Post Office record book), general toning and gum soaks, According to James Bendon's U.P.U. Specimen Stamps, the Portuguese Ministry for the Colonies between 1900 and 1910, applied the "Ultramar" overprint to sample U.S. stamps, and distributed the stamps to the various colonies, with a few exceptions "Ultramar" was replaced with "Colonias" in 1911
E. 400-500
250