Bid on Lots in Sale 915
| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | |
| 3535 |
2c Vermilion and Black, Third
Issue (R135a). Horizontal pair, bright colors, blue herringbone cancel
and blue datestamp, fresh and Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate, Scott
Retail as two singles (Image) |
1,300.00 | |
| 3536 |
5c Orange & Black, Third
Issue, Inverted Center (R137a). Affixed to small part of document and
tied by herringbone cancel, bright color, extra wide margins, beatifully
centeredEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT THIRD ISSUE INVERT WITH EXTRAORDINARILY WIDE MARGINS AND CHOICE CENTERING. ONLY 21 EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN IN TOTAL. In his privately published census, Larry Lyons records 20 examples. Of these, three are on a part document. Of the 17 off-document copies, 13 have faults of varying degrees, the most common being creases (9). The example offered here was apparently unknown to Lyons. (Image) |
3,500.00 | |
| 3537 |
30c Orange & Black, Third
Issue, Inverted Center (R140a). Bright color and sharp vignette,
unobtrusive blue handstamp cancel, well-balanced margins, Very Fine and
choice, rare in sound condition, probably fewer than 40 are known (Image) |
3,000.00 |