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Sale 1200 — The William H. Gross Collection: U.S. Stamp Multiples
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 8-9 May, 2019
Category — 1¢-12¢ 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17)
Please note that lots 23, 24 and 25 will be offered in the following order in the live auction: 25, 23, 24The 10¢ 1855 Type II Imperforate in a dazzling interpane sheet-margin pair
DESCRIPTION
10¢ Green, Type II (14), Positions 9-10L1, horizontal pair from the top right of the left pane of Plate 1, huge sheet margin at top and interpane margin at right showing the full centerline, large margins all around, original gum with slight disturbance, beautiful rich color and sharp impression
PROVENANCE
Louis Grunin, H. R. Harmer sale, 12/14-15/1976, lot 2320
Michael Lea, Sotheby Parke Bernet sale, 1/11/1978, Sale 10, lot 42
Siegel Auction Galleries, 1985 Rarities of the World, 4/20/1985, Sale 645, lot 77
John C. Chapin (collection sold privately to Shreves and then to William H. Gross, 2002)
CERTIFICATION
The Philatelic Foundation (1983)
CONDITION NOTES
Extremely Fine; horizontal crease in top margin
SCOTT CATALOGUE VALUE (2019)
$11,000.00 as an ordinary pair
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