Sale 996 — The Wagshal Collection, Part 3:
3c 1851-57 Issues
Sale Date — Thursday, 21 October, 2010
Category — 1851 3c Orange Brown
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3023
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 69R1E, a unique recut position showing a discontinuous recut of the upper left diamond block and triangle and also a recut inner line at right only, bright color, perfect socked-on-the-nose small Boston "Paid" cancel, tiny corner crease visible in fluid is of little consequence, Very Fine appearance, Plate 1 Early produced the fewest number of impressions among the seven plates or states of plates that produced Nos. 10 and 10A, making this the rarest recut position of the Orange Brown imperforate stamps
E. 200-300
275
