Lot 1333
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30¢ Ultramarine & carmine, flags inverted (121b), exceptionally well centered with brilliant deep colors on very fresh paper, trace of o.g. Extremely Fine.
Scott $210,000
THIS 30¢ INVERT IS THE FINEST OF THE SEVEN RECORDED, UNUSED SINGLES AND THE ONLY ONE WITH ANY OF ITS ORIGINAL GUM.
Expertization: 1990 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Worthington
While the rarest of the three 1869 inverts in total number of surviving examples, the 30¢ unused is actually the most "available" (as it were) with a total of seven recorded singles as follows:
1. A nicely centered single ex Ferrary
2. A faulty single ex Phillips
3. An off center single with faint staining ex Sinkler, Ward, Hindes
4. A well centered single ex U.S. Trust
5. A well centered, slightly faulty single ex Green
6. A well centered single ex Ishikawa
7. A well centered single with trace of original gum ex-Worthington
The example offered here is the ex-Worthington single, the only surviving well centered and sound 30¢ invert with a trace of the original gum and, therefore, the most desirable of the seven.
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