Lot 1338
24¢ Green & violet, center inverted (120b), tied in combination with 1873 3¢ green (158), paying 9-times the letter rate on a slightly reduced legal size cover to the Common Pleas Court at Paducah, Ky., illegible town postmark, docketed March 10, 1874; large sealed tear in cover, invert lifted and replaced.
Estimate 50,000 - 75,000
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF AN 1869 INVERTED CENTER USED ON COVER.
Expertization: 1960 and 1988 P.F. Certificates noting that the invert has been hinged in place; it has since been re-affixed.
Provenance: Ackerman
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| Realized $95,000 |
