U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 10-11, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #104 United States 1901 Pan-American Exposition 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 $ 85,000 | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
