Lot 51521 – 1898 5c on 8m blue-green, fifth printing, position 3, inverted surcharge and “eents” instead of “cents”
Lot 51521 – 1898 5c on 8m blue-green, fifth printing, position 3, inverted surcharge and “eents” instead of “cents”
Lot 51521 – 1898 5c on 8m blue-green, fifth printing, position 3, inverted surcharge and “eents” instead of “cents”
United States » U.S. Possessions » Puerto Príncipe
Price realised
900 EUR
Estimate
900 – 1’500 EUR
Auction date
Thu 16 Jun 2022 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1898 5c on 8m blue-green, fifth printing, position 3, inverted surcharge and “eents” instead of “cents” variety, used, cancelled by a Puerto Principe cds, rich colour, crisp detail, very fine example of this rare combination of errors on the overprint, only 300 printed of this issue and very few with both varieties; cert CPSA (2004).
Catalogue ref: Scott 219c
Catalogue value: 2500
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