Sale 1026 — United States Stamps and Postal History, CSA, General Foreign
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 27-28 June, 2012
Category — 1867-68 Grilled Issue and 1875 Re-Issue (Scott 79-109)
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1227
2c Black, D. Grill (84). Characteristic intense shade and detailed impression, clearly-defined grill, neat strike of target cancel, few short perfs at left mentioned on most recent certificateA FINE AND FRESH USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 2-CENT D GRILL.
The 2c D Grill is the rarest of the regular-production 1867-68 Grilled Issues (excluding the 1867 trials and rarest Z Grills), followed in order of scarcity by the 3c Z Grill, the 3c D Grill and the 12c Z Grill.
With 2007 P.F. and 2010 P.S.E. certificates (VG 50; SMQ $2,300.00)
4,500
1,400