Census of 4c Deep Red Brown & Black
Center Inverted, Multiples
(Scott 296a)
Notes:
- Top left stamp has two small thin spots; brown color slightly affected by oxidation; some vertical perf separations
Provenance:
- National Museum accession (complete pane of 100), inventoried in July 1913
- Either “Exchange No. 3” to Nassau Stamp Company (77 copies) or “Exchange No. 4” to H. F. Colman, Washington D.C. dealer (20 copies)
- Supposedly discovered in a cigar box of duplicate stamps
- Later acquired by William H. Gross
- 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers’ Stock, Christie’s Robson Lowe sale, to Jack Rosenthal (collection sold privately to Andrew Levitt), Lot 263
- 12/1/1998, Rumsey, Sale 5, Lot 153
- 10/3/2018, William H. Gross Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection, Sale 1188, Lot 102, Realized $75,000
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