Census of 24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted (Scott 120b)
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Provenance:
- c. 1950’s (?) Acquired by Herbert Houghton “Hoky” Phillips Jr., a Texas relative of Benjamin D. Phillips and Weill client
- c. 1985 H. Houghton Phillips Collection, sold to Weills
- 1987 Sold to Ryohei Ishikawa in private transaction brokered by Harvey R. Warm and Scott R. Trepel (purchased from Weills)
- 1993 Sep. 29 Ishikawa sale, Christie’s NY, $205,000 hammer to Columbian Stamp Co. (Hagendorf), on behalf of private collector, Lot 741
- c. 1996 Sold to Steven C. Walske (Lafayette) by Hagendorf
- 2003 May 2 Walske (Lafayette) sale, Matthew Bennett Inc., $260,000 hammer to private collector (now deceased), Lot 1332
- 4/11-12/2018, The David Wingate Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The David Wingate Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 1180, Lot 179, Realized $525,000
Certificates:
- PF 242 (1946) Genuine
- PF 29685 (1969) Genuine, small thin spot in grill
- PF 398835 (2003) Genuine, no gum, tiny thin spot in the grill area