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Position 65 as a single
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OGph
Condition:
Sound
Perf Condition:
Intact
Summary
This was the top left stamp in the famous McCoy block. The block had a red vertical guideline between stamps.
According to the Amick book, it is believed the block was owned by Arthur Hind of Utica N.Y., and offered at the auction of his estate in 1933 (auction catalogue did not have a photo). It was sold at the auction to Hugh Clark of Scott Stamp and Coin Co. for $12,100. It was subsequently sold in 1936 by Spencer Anderson to Ethel Stewart (later Ethel McCoy) for $16,000.
The block was stolen in 1955 while on display at the American Philatelic Society convention in Norfolk Va. Mrs. McCoy was reimbursed $15,000 by the insurers. The rights to the block were assigned by Mrs. McCoy to the American Philatelic Research Library (APRL) of State College Pa. in 1979
The Amick book notes that Position 65, as a single stamp, was given by Marcel Lutwak to Col. James T. DeVoss on behalf of the APRL, who described it as lightly hinged. It was subsequently turned over to the F.B.I. and returned to the APRL. This copy is currently at the APRL.
The full story of the McCoy block was the subject of a September 2014 article by Ken Lawrence, in The American Philatelist.
According to the Amick book, it is believed the block was owned by Arthur Hind of Utica N.Y., and offered at the auction of his estate in 1933 (auction catalogue did not have a photo). It was sold at the auction to Hugh Clark of Scott Stamp and Coin Co. for $12,100. It was subsequently sold in 1936 by Spencer Anderson to Ethel Stewart (later Ethel McCoy) for $16,000.
The block was stolen in 1955 while on display at the American Philatelic Society convention in Norfolk Va. Mrs. McCoy was reimbursed $15,000 by the insurers. The rights to the block were assigned by Mrs. McCoy to the American Philatelic Research Library (APRL) of State College Pa. in 1979
The Amick book notes that Position 65, as a single stamp, was given by Marcel Lutwak to Col. James T. DeVoss on behalf of the APRL, who described it as lightly hinged. It was subsequently turned over to the F.B.I. and returned to the APRL. This copy is currently at the APRL.
The full story of the McCoy block was the subject of a September 2014 article by Ken Lawrence, in The American Philatelist.
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