Lot 2107
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1920, 2¢ deep rose, type Ia, imperf (482A), full margins with intact Schermack perforations at left, characteristically intense color and neat wavy line machine cancel. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $50,000
AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS TWENTIETH CENTURY RARITY.
Expertization: 1978, 1985 and 2004 P.F. certificates.
Provenance: Hewitt
The imperforate 2¢ type Ia was printed specifically to fill an order by the Schermack Company, who then applied their distinctive oblong perforations to the entire supply. Due to the inexact placement of the perforations and to the way the stamps were vended by Schermack’s poorly calibrated "Stamper and Sealer" machines, most had their perforations and/or margins cut off on one side or the other. Because the existence of the new type Ia was not public knowledge at the time, none made it into the hands of contemporary collectors, thus accounting for their great rarity today. Very few of the forty or so certified stamps are sound and as well centered as the example offered here.
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