Sale 993 — The Wagshal Collection, Part 1: 1845-69 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
Category — 12c-90c 1857-60 Issue Off Cover
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
343
12c Black, Horizontal Pair, Imperforate Between (36c). Bright shade, bold strikes of segmented cork cancels, lightly stained, few small perf flaws, right stamp two tiny tears at topVERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE IMPERFORATE BETWEEN IS ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF THE ISSUE. ONLY TWO OTHERS ARE KNOWN TO US, ONE OF WHICH WAS STOLEN AND NOT RECOVERED.
The ex-Ishikawa pair was stolen from a Federal Express package several years ago and has never been recovered. We record one other, offered in our 1991 Rarities sale, with perfs partly trimmed.
With 1975 P.F. certificate
12,500
6,750