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July 16-17, 2008

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #67
UNITED STATES MODERN ISSUES
1979 $1 tan, brown, orange & yellow, intaglio brown inverted, block of four, n.h., v.f. A pane of 100 of the so called "C.I.A. Invert" was purchased at the McLean, Va. post office by employees of the C.I.A. for use on agency mail. When the employees noticed the error they purchased a replacement sheet and kept the error for themselves. Only 95 of the original 100 errors have been accounted for, with the others presumably used on mail or lost. Given the recent prices for the "Inverted Jenny" (not to mention the realizations for blocks of four), this invert is significantly undervalued. A wonderful opportunity to acquire one of the two known blocks of this error,
Box **
Catalog #1610c
Catalog Value $ 84,000
Price Realized
$85,000.00

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