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Census of 1c Blue, Type I (Scott 5)

5-CAN-008

5-CAN-008

Notes:
  • Two strikes of black Boston small “Paid” grid.
Provenance:
  • 12/14/1960, T. Charlton Henry Collection, Harmer Rooke, Lot 36, realized $2,900 vs. $1,250 Scott value.
  • 3/11/1964, John A. Fox, realized $4,300 vs. $1,400 Scott value.
  • 9/12/1979, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States 19th and 20th Century, Sale 550, Lot 41, realized $29,000 vs. $12,000 Scott value (description claims “less than fifty known examples”).
  • 5/2/1995, Kelleher, Lot 384, realized $32,000 vs. $15,000 Scott value (owner reported to have paid Irwin Weinberg $27,500 for the stamp five years earlier).
  • 1/21/2000, Larry Lyons Collection, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Lot 7, realized $70,000 vs. $35,000 Scott value.
  • 12/17-18/2013, "Golden Oak" Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Golden Oak Collection of Superb United States, Sale 1062, Lot 58, Realized $47,500, $47,500 hammer vs. $75,000 Scott value
Certificates:
  • PF states “light vertical crease at left and at right.” Creases mostly in side margins. Shreve 1/21/2000 description states this stamp is Dark Blue.
  • PF 342629 (1999) issued to Larry Lyons, states “light vertical crease at left and at right”.
  • PF 518185 It is genuine, with light vertical creases at left and right
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