Sale 993 — The Wagshal Collection, Part 1: 1845-69 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
Category — 5c 1847 Issue - Other Plate Varieties
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
135
5c Red Brown, Crack in "T" Variety (1 var). Large margins, deep rich color, neat strike of red grid cancel leaves the plate crack from "T" of "Post" to top of design clearly visibleVERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL LARGE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE CRACK IN "T" PLATE FLAW ON THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE.
The Crack in "T" plate flaw was first reported by Wade Saadi in the May 1994 Chronicle, where he identifies eleven copies. This stamp is an addition to the Saadi census, and it comes from a late impression. Calvet Hahn identified this as Position 69R1 (Feb. 2000 Chronicle).
Listed but unpriced in Scott
E. 2,000-3,000
2,900