Census of 15c Brown & Blue, Center Inverted (Scott 119b)

119b-UNC-02
Sound

Notes:

Provenance:

• 1923 Jun. 13 Ferrary sale, Gilbert Sale 7, $3,429, possibly to Philip H. Ward Jr., Lot 254
• c. 1930’s Sold to Wharton Sinkler (during second round of collecting)
• c. 1940’s Sold to Metta Heathcote (d. 1965)
• c. 1960 Sold to Capt. Barrett G. Hindes (d. 1964)
• 1968 Jan. 23 Hindes sale, H. R. Harmer, $17,500 to Weills, Lot 238
• c. 1969-73 Sold to Charles A. Schafer (by Weills?)
• 1974 Feb. 1 Schafer sale, D. F. Kelleher (with 120b- UNC-02 and 121b-UNC-06), $100,000 for set to “Newport”, Sale 518, Lot 2233
• 1974-2008 With “Newport” collector and his estate heir
• 2008 Feb. 9 “Newport” sale, Philip Weiss, $670,000 plus 13% to private collector

Certificates:

• PF 26532 Genuine
• PF 458208 Genuine, unused (no gum), faint soiling in left and right margins