Sale 319


 
Lot 279



1917, 50¢ light violet (477), pair, used with 5¢ Beacon (C11) tied by Lancaster Aug. 7, 1929 duplexes on 1929 Graf Zeppelin cover paying rate from Lakehurst to Freidrichshafen, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500

Expertization: 1992 P.F. Certificate declines opinion on 477s, stating that no watermark is visible.

Provenance: Siskin

The are less than 12 documented usages of the unwatermarked Scott 477. At the time of the 1989 Siskin sale, none of the documented 477 covers had been certified at the P.F.


 
Realized $675



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