Census of 4c Deep Red Brown & Black
Center Inverted, Multiples
(Scott 296a)

Notes:

Top left stamp has two small thin spots; brown color slightly affected by oxidation; some vertical perf separations

Provenance:

National Museum accession (complete pane of 100), inventoried in July 1913
Either “Exchange No. 3” to Nassau Stamp Company (77 copies) or “Exchange No. 4” to H. F. Colman, Washington D.C. dealer (20 copies)
Supposedly discovered in a cigar box of duplicate stamps
Later acquired by William H. Gross
10/12/1989, Weill Brothers’ Stock, Christie’s Robson Lowe sale, to Jack Rosenthal (collection sold privately to Andrew Levitt), Lot 263
12/1/1998, Rumsey, Sale 5, Lot 153
10/3/2018, William H. Gross Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection, Sale 1188, Lot 102, Realized $75,000

Certificates:

Census of 4c Deep Red Brown & BlackCenter Inverted, Multiples(Scott 296a)