Census of 24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted (Scott 120b)

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Provenance:

1933 Nov. 20 Hind sale, Phillips-Kennett, $1,400, to Philip H. Ward, Lot 390
c. 1933-39 Sold to Wharton Sinkler (during second round of collecting)
1949 Possibly the copy reported as belonging to Henry C. Gibson in Williams’s <i>Stamps of Fame</i> (1949)
c. 1950’s Sold to Metta Heathcote (d. 1965) by Ward
c. 1960 Sold to Capt. Barrett G. Hindes (d. 1964)
1968 Jan. 23 Hindes sale, H. R. Harmer, $10,000 to Weills, Lot 239
1974 Feb. 1 Schafer sale, D. F. Kelleher (with 119b-UNC-02 and 121b-UNC-06), $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, $1,125,000 plus 13% to private collector—world record for a single U.S. stamp

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