⇚ Position 77 - 1982-04-24 Transaction Summary ⇛
Purchase Date:
1982-04-24
How Purchased:
Auction
Where Purchased:
Siegel Auction Galleries
Auction No.:
596-1982 Rarities of the World
Lot No.:
375
Sound/Fault:
Sound
Catalogue Value:
$ 145,000
Realized:
$ 198,000
Seller:
Anonymous
Buyer:
Description
24c Carmine Rose & Blue, Center Inverted (C3a). Position 77, Mint,
Never Hinged, Large Margins, Very Fine, Unquestionably One of the
Finest Known, Only the Second Never Hinged Example to be Offered in
a Number of Years
Editor's note: The sale price of $198,000 was a record price at the time for the single U.S. stamp
Editor's note: The sale price of $198,000 was a record price at the time for the single U.S. stamp