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The McCoy block, before it was stolen and broken (Position 66 is top right stamp)
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This was the top right 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.
Position 66 has never been recovered.
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.
Position 66 has never been recovered.
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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Position 66: Scott Catalog Value vs. Realizations