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
135°
 
Sale 989, Lot 135, 1869 Pictorial Issue and 1875 Re-Issue24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted (120b). Rich colors, neat strike of rosette cancel, few small flaws incl. sealed tear at upper left

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE INVERT. ONLY 89 USED EXAMPLES OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT ARE RECORDED.

Our published 1869 Invert census (with unpublished updates) contains 89 copies of the perforated 24c Invert, including four unused stamps and used multiples.

Census No. 120b-CAN-SE08. This stamp has never been certified and is included in our census based on a 1941 auction listing.

32,500
13,000