Sale 1328 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 23-25 July, 2024
Category — 1857-60 Issue and Reprints
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
159
3c Scarlet, Reprint (41). Without gum as issued, bright color and completely sound
FRESH AND FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT 1857 RE-ISSUE.
The Continental Bank Note Company made a new plate for the 3c 1857 Reprint, consisting of 100 subjects. 10,000 stamps were printed (100 impressions). 479 of the 3c were sold, and the remaining 9,521 were destroyed on July 23, 1884, by order of the Postmaster General.
With 2010 P.S.E. certificate (F-VF 75). SCV $3,000.
3,000
1,600
