Census of 24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted
(Scott 120b)
Provenance:
- 1917 Aug. 21 Worthington sale (described as “perfs run in slightly at top”), J. C. Morgenthau, lot 478, $2,850
- 1946 Col. Edward H. R. Green, Part 25, Costales 2/18/1946, lot 266, described at ex Worthington
- 1949 Possibly the copy reported as belonging to Henry C. Gibson in Williams’ Stamps of Fame(1949)
- c. 1990’s Sold to Frank E. Joseph, Jr., a Cleveland attorney and collector
- 1998 May 9 1998 Rarities of the World, Sale 800, lot 313, $110,000 to Gary Posner as agent for private collector
- c. 2004 Sold to William H. Gross by private collector through Charles Shreve and Tracy Shreve
Certificates:
- PFC 37170 “Genuine, two tiny margin creases between perfs”
- PFC 41107 “Genuine, tiny corner margin crease”
- PFC 326984 “Genuine, no gum, tiny corner crease at bottom right”