EXCEPTIONAL GENUINE SCOTT #445 USED COIL PASTE-UP PAIR PSE CERT GRADED FINE 70

Item Specifics

Catalog Number

445

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Centering

Fine

Stamp Format

Pair

Certificate Grade

70 (Fine)

Item Description

Estate sale - stunning genuine scott #445
1914 washington-franklin - bright violet color
coil paste-up pair
Postally Used With a Contemporary Duplex Cancel
100% SOUND - THERE ARE NO FAULTS
Another Select Stamp From the Princess Estate
ORIGINAL PSE CERT #01265713 GRADED FINE 70
Accompanies This Stamp
Exact description of the stamp is shown on the cert

An outstanding opportunity to acquire this fully expertized stamp from a landmark collection

We Stand Behind Every Stamp That We Sell
Scott catalog value $750
No reserve - we price everything to sell - quick shipping

Very simply ... We are disposing of an estate
from a long-time Stamp Dealer. This Dealer acquired many iconic items from the James Depew Collection. Mr. Depew was known to philatelists as the preeminent collector of imperforate and early coil issues. His collection was sold by Robert A. Siegel Auction GalleriesTM over multiple sales. Mr. Depew set the standard for imperforate and early coil issues. This Dealer was fortunate to acquire many key pieces from the Depew Collection. Mr. Depew collected only the finest items and unusual showpieces from these two focus areas of specialty. While he collected both used and mint stamps, he especially treasured quality used stamps. Typically, quality used examples of early stamps are quite scarce because of their condition after usage in the mails, being removed from the cover without damage and then collected, sold or traded over many decades. It is really a challenge to find highly graded used examples. Mr. Depew accepted and met this challenge. If you collect or exhibit imperforate and early coil issues, especially varieties, paste-up pairs, etc., this is a truly exceptional collection from which to acquire expertized items from.

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The fascinating story of coil paste-up pairs the production of the first coil stamps, dating in the united states from 1908, began with the flat-plate-press printing of normal stamp sheets which contained the standard 400 images. The sheets were then gummed, perforated in one direction only, and cut in the other direction into twenty strips consisting of twenty stamps apiece. Strips would subsequently be pasted together to produce coils of 500 or 1000 stamps. At each join, the paper from the end of one strip would overlap the beginning of the next (the overlap is termed a "paste-up tab"). A pair of stamps that straddles the join is known as a paste-up pair. Paste-up pairs with either plate numbers or plate markings on the 'paste-up' tab are exceedingly scarce and highly collectable.

The condition of the stamp is exceptionally well noted on the Cert. We have posted a scan of the certificate as well
as an ultra high-definition (1200 x 1200) scan of the front and back of the actual stamp. Please read our feedback, we have a 20+ year reputation of excellent descriptions, images and exceptionally fast
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(Internal USE: Vault/Bin Location: DP-Princess Estate #1/S04)

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Seller Information

Seller

harvard-mba (5992)

Registered Since

01/16/2007

Feedback

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Store

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Item Location

Florida, United States

Ships To

Worldwide

Returns Accepted

Yes

Returns Policy

Money Back - Returns Accepted within 60 Days (Buyer pays Shipping Cost)