Sale 989 — 2010 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 19 June, 2010

Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue and 1875 Re-Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
128
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Sale 989, Lot 128, 1869 Pictorial Issue and 1875 Re-Issue15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I, Double Grill (118 var). Original gum, showing clear second grill which slightly overlaps the first, pretty colors

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT TYPE I 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITH SPLIT GRILL. OUR COMPUTERIZED RECORDS CONTAIN ONLY ONE OTHER EXAMPLE OFFERED IN ONE OF OUR AUCTIONS.

With 2008 P.S.E. certificate. The only other original gum example contained in our computerized records was offered in our 1983 Rarities sale.

18,000
9,000