Census of 30c Ultramarine & Carmine, Center Inverted (Scott 121b)

Notes:

Provenance:

c. 1920’s Sold to Philip H. Ward Jr.
c. 1924-26 Sold to Wharton Sinkler by Ward (first round of collecting)
c. 1926 Jan.4 Advertised for sale by Ward as part of Sinkler Collection
c. 1940’s Sold to Metta Heathcote (d. 1965)
c. 1960 Sold to Capt. Barrett G. Hindes (d. 1964)
1968 Jan. 23 Hindes sale, H. R. Harmer, $13,500 to Weills, Lot 240
c. 1968-73 Sold to Charles A. Schafer (by Weills?)
1974 Feb. 1 Schafer sale, D. F. Kelleher (with 119b- UNC-02 and 120b-UNC-02), $100,000 for set to “Newport”, Sale 518, Lot 2233
1974-2008 With “Newport” collector and his estate heir
2008 Feb. 9 “Newport” sale, Philip Weiss, $220,000 plus 13% to private collector
6/25/2015, Siegel Auction Galleries, 2015 Rarities of the World, Sale 1106, Lot 3116, Realized $260,000, 2015 June 25

Certificates:

PF 26534 (1968) Genuine unused with faint staining
PF 458210 (2007) Genuine, with a pulled perforation at bottom and staining mostly on reverse