⇚ Position 65-66/75-76 - 1936-00-00 Transaction Summary ⇛
Purchase Date:
1936-00-00
How Purchased:
Private Treaty
Where Purchased:
Auction No.:
Lot No.:
Sound/Fault:
Sound
Catalogue Value:
$ 17,000
Realized:
$ 16,000
Seller:
Buyer:
Description
The Amick book notes that Spencer Anderson sold the block to Ethel Stewart (later Ethel McCoy) for $16,000.
The block was subsequently 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.
The block was subsequently 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.