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

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Provenance:

1933 Nov. 20 Hind sale, Phillips-Kennett, lot 390, $1,400, to Philip H. Ward
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 Stamps of Fame (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, lot 239, $10,000 to Weills
1974 Feb. 1 Schafer sale, D. F. Kelleher, Sale 518, lot 2233 (with 119b-UNC-02 and 121b-UNC-06), $100,000 for set to “Newport”
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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