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Sale 320
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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1901, 1d black on red, value omitted (78a), single with right gutter selvage, bright color, original gum, lightly hinged; shows usual traces of of "Penny" ("ny"), as do the other two recorded examples;. Fresh and Fine. SG 127a £30,000 ($38,250).
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, THIS BEING THE ONLY ONE WITH A GUTTER MARGIN.
Expertization: 1986 R.P.S. Certificate.
Also includes the original letter from Bright and Son, London to the Postmaster at San Fernando in 1905 asking for examples of this variety, and his reply. "Only 7 were sold four (4) of which were posted on letters and they were thoroughly inked over by Postal authorities consequently of no use. J.C. Lewis Postmaster". Of a single pane of 60, 51 stamps were sent back to London and destroyed. Only three mint examples are believed to have survived, one of which is in the Royal Collection. The third example was last sold in the Sir John Marriott sale and originally formed part of a pair (left stamp) with the example offered here. The above example shows the traces of "ny" of "Penny" just as the Marriott example shows a trace of the "y".
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