Lot 2402 o
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 20¢ blue & black, center inverted, blue herringbone cancel, rich colors, small hole as a result of herringbone cut cancel & a couple trivial surface abrasions, otherwise Fine, Scott catalog value in the grade of fine and with small faults, ex-Newport, Curtis; with 1974, 2007 and 2015 P.F. certificates.Scott No. R111a $7,000.
A VERY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1871 20¢ SECOND ISSUE WITH CENTER INVERTED.
Larry Lyons in his census of Scott R111a records only thirteen singles and a pair and notes that one single and one stamp in the pair are sound.
Realized: $3,750