VERY FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 2-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.
We estimate no more than seven or eight blocks of the 2c 1869 Re-Issue exist.
From our 1973 Rarities of the World sale.
VERY FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 2-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.
We estimate no more than seven or eight blocks of the 2c 1869 Re-Issue exist.
From our 1973 Rarities of the World sale.
DESCRIPTION
2¢ Brown, Re-Issue (124), Positions 131-132/141-142R4, block of four from bottom right of sheet of 150 with "No. 4" plate number and guide arrow in selvage, original gum with slight adherence, rich color, choice centering
PROVENANCE
Daniel F. Kelleher sale, 10/18/1940, lot 100
1000th Sale (with material from Philip G. Rust), H.R. Harmer, 4/11/1956, lot 537
H. R. Harmer sale, 10/15/1956, lot 176
H. R. Harmer sale, 5/10/1965, lot 189, to Chapin
John C. Chapin (collection sold privately to Shreves and then to William H. Gross, 2002)
CENSUS
Chapin census no. 351
CERTIFICATION
The Philatelic Foundation (1965)
CONDITION NOTES
Very Fine; negligible faint crease in selvage and minor separations
VERY FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 2-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.
We estimate that no more than seven or eight blocks of the 2c 1869 Re-Issue exist, including two blocks of six, two sheet-margin blocks, and three blocks of four. We have offered only one other since our 1998 Zoellner sale.
Ex Sinkler, Hetherington and Anderson. With 1970 and 1992 P.F. certificates. In our opinion, the Scott premium for a block versus four singles ($4,500.00 vs. $2,600.00) does not accurately reflect its scarcity, nor is it commensurate with the double and triple premiums assigned to the higher-denomination blocks.
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 2-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.
This is the first block of this issue we have offered since our 1998 Zoellner sale.
With 1998 P.F. certificate
EXTREMELY FINE AND CHOICE BLOCK. EXTREMELY SCARCE AS AN ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK.
Ex Bechtel