Lot 37
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1851, 12¢ black, printed on both sides (17c), with portions of two stamps quite clearly printed on top half of reverse, and two additional stamps printed more faintly below, all in the same orientation as the stamp on the front, as well as a bit of offset on reverse, front has full margins to just in a bit and a grid cancel. Tiny corner crease. Fine appearing.
Scott $40,000
A SPECTACULAR AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE PRINTING VARIETY, WITH ONLY ONE OTHER EXAMPLE KNOWN TO US.
Provenance: "J.J.", Natalee Grace
In addition to the present example and the other (ex. Ishikawa), there is a third which would appear to be an off-cover bisect (the Philatelic Foundation declined opinion on the bisect aspect). All three of these apparently originated from the same sheet, as the variety is basically identical. Brookman, in his The United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century, stated that he believed there were four known of this variety. The existence of a fourth example has never been confirmed.
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| Realized $21,000 |
