U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
August 9-10, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #127 United States Modern Issues 1967 Space Achievements, 5c block of nine, middle stamp missing red on Space Capsule, n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #1331-32var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #128 United States Modern Issues 1973 10c blue, misperforated (fold-over) block, with part perf. pairs, spectacular variety **Catalog #1510f | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #129 United States Modern Issues 1979 $1.00 Rush Lamp & Candle Holder, intaglio brown color inverted, n.h., v.f. The CIA invert is one of the best known inverted color errors in United States philately. These stamps were discovered by an on-duty CIA employee who teamed up with some colleagues to purchase the pane from a post office. Saving a copy each, the group later sold the bulk of the sheet to a prominent stamp dealer. News of the error reached CIA officials who sought to claim ownership and US Postal authorities who tried to recover the stamps. Official queries, threats, and even job losses followed the group until the sale of the pane was ruled legal. Because the number of existing CIA inverts approximately equals the number of existing Inverted Jennies (examples of C3a regularly bring six-figure sums at auction), it may be said that current values for 1610c are far too low, ** Catalog #1610c Catalog Value $17,500 | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #130 United States Modern Issues 1992 25c Stock Exchange Bicentennial, center inverted, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. Only two panes of this error were discovered, each containing 28 stamps with center inverted. With only 56 errors available, this is a true modern rarity, ** Catalog #2630c Catalog Value $17,000 | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
