Sale 993 — The Wagshal Collection, Part 1: 1845-69 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
Category — 5c 1847 Issue - Blackish Brown
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
42
5c Blackish Brown (1a var). Large margins to clear, intense color, tied by red New York square grids, matching "New-York Feb. 1" circular datestamp on blue 1848 folded letter to Boston, vertical file fold well away from stamp, Fine example of this scarce shade on cover, ex Rust, with 1992 P.F. certificate describing this as "Blackish Brown, in the family of Ridgeway's Van Dyke Brown (XVIII-11"-m)" and accompanied by note explaining analysis of shade
E. 1,000-1,500
1,500