Census of 1c Blue, Type I (Scott 5)

5-CAN-056

5-CAN-056

Notes:

• Cut from vertical strip of three, creases at top, facial scrapes (one being touched up)
• Single vertical pen stroke cancellation.

Provenance:

• 2/1953, Lambert W. Gerber sale, as a strip of three.
• 3/23/1972, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1972 Rarities of the World, Sale 409, Lot 33, Realized $1,900, as a single, realized $1,900 vs. $5,750 Scott value.
• 3/16/1973, Kenedi, Lot 52, .
• 12/7/1974, Kelleher, Lot 382, realized $2,100 vs. $7,000?Scott value.
• 5/13/1977, Kelleher, Lot 191, realized $4,750 vs. $9,250?Scott value.
• 8/24/1990, Ivy Shreve & Mader, Lot 121, realized $4,250 vs. $17,500?Scott value.
• 9/14/2016, The "Alan" Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Alan Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 1134, Lot 12, Realized $14,000

Certificates:

• PF 38301 (1972) as a single “with creases and a little scraped away at left”.