Census of 4c Deep Red Brown & Black
Center Inverted, Multiples
(Scott 296a)

296a-OG-BL-01

Notes:

• Tiny hinge slivers at top and bottom sensibly reinforcing a few trivial perf separations, each stamp with far superior centering than normally seen on either singles or blocks, top right stamp small thin spot

Provenance:

• 3/8/1940, Wharton Sinkler, Klein sale 116 - $5,000 vs. $5,400 Scott value, Lot 280
• 3/31/1976, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1976 Rarities of the World, Sale 489, Lot 170, Realized $25,000, $25,000 hammer vs. $32,500 Scott value
• 4/29/1980, Sotheby's NY (offered with 1c and 2c blocks, the first time a set of blocks had been offered since the 1944 Greene sale), Lot 547
• 2000, Shreves Philatelic Galleries auction
• 4/11-12/2018, David Wingate Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The David Wingate Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 1180, Lot 299, Realized $310,000, $310,000 hammer vs. $400,000 Scott value

Certificates:

• PF (1980)
• PF (2018)