U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 10-11, 2007
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #145 UNITED STATES 1901 PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE 1901 4c deep red brown and black, center inverted, wide margins, slightly oxidized color, with gum which is not original (2000 PFC states "no gum), a fine example of this rare stamp, with only 97 available. When the postal authorities discovered this error, all but a pane of 100 were destroyed. That single pane was stuck down to a page in the archives, hence many existing examples are without gum, or with gum that is disturbed, (*) Catalog #296a Catalog Value $ 35,000 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
