The Mahendra Sagar Collection of Inverted Centers
October 5-6, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #536 URUGUAY 1895 25c red brown and black, center inverted, horizontal pair, left stamp with a small thin, nibbed perfs, otherwise fine, with 1999 APS cert. It is believed that only 40 examples were sold at a post office counter before the error was discovered, and the remaining copies were destroyed. Of the 40 that were used, only a small percentage were recovered and saved, making this an exceptionally rare error This is the only known multiple of this rare inverted center, ex-Lee (YT 109a, catalogue value for singles), also with a newspaper clipping of an article by Martin Sellinger O Catalog #120a Catalog Value €5,500 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
