Census of 30c Ultramarine & Carmine, Center Inverted (Scott 121b)
Notes:
- Unused (no gum)
- Pulled perf at bottom, faint staining mostly on reverse
Provenance:
- c. 1920’s Sold to Philip H. Ward Jr.
- c. 1924-26 Sold to Wharton Sinkler by Ward (first round of collecting)
- c. 1926 Jan.4 Advertised for sale by Ward as part of Sinkler Collection
- 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, $13,500 to Weills, Lot 240
- c. 1968-73 Sold to Charles A. Schafer (by Weills?)
- 1974 Feb. 1 Schafer sale, D. F. Kelleher (with 119b- UNC-02 and 120b-UNC-02), $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, $220,000 plus 13% to private collector
- 6/25/2015, Siegel Auction Galleries, 2015 Rarities of the World, Sale 1106, Lot 3116, Realized $260,000, 2015 June 25
Certificates:
- PF 26534 (1968) Genuine unused with faint staining
- PF 458210 (2007) Genuine, with a pulled perforation at bottom and staining mostly on reverse