Census of 1c Blue, Z Grill (Scott 85A)

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Provenance:

Stevenson (unconfirmed) Collection
3/15/1975, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1975 Rartites of the World, Sale 468, Lot 84, Realized $46,750
Brookman Collection, Schilling, Buss
10/8-10/1998, Zoellner Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Robert Zoellner Collection of United States, Sale 804, Lot 226, Realized $850,000
10/19/2005, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Inverted Jenny Plate Block, Sale 901, Purchased in Zoellner sale by Mystic Stamp Co., who traded it to William Gross for the unique Inverted Jenny Plate block in October 2005 after the plate block sold in for $2.7 million
6/14/2024, William H. Gross Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The William H. Gross Collection of Complete United States Stamps, Sale 1323, Lot 31, Realized $4,366,000

Certificates:

PF 8537 (1957) Genuine
PF 48943 (1975) Genuine
PF 168893 (1987) Genuine
PF 330751 (1998) Genuine used with a partial second impression of the grill at left
PSE 1011501 (2005) Genuine used, with one strong grill impression and part of second faint impression, Graded 90
PF 602301 (2024) Used Philadelphia PA town cancel, partial impression of second grill at left, Genuine