Feature Lot.
Lot 227 -
1979 $1.00 Rush Lamp & Candle Holder, intaglio brown color inverted, block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., one of only three known blocks of four of this popular error, significantly undervalued given its rarity. Discovered in 1985, the CIA Invert was the first major inverted stamp in 66 years. The story began when an auctioneer specializing in U.S. error stamps announced the discovery (by a "business in northern Virginia") of 85 inverted 1979 $1 Rush Lamp stamps. The Bureau of Engrav....Cat. $68000, Est.US$60,000
Sold for US$ 57,500
(Link to this Lot in the Catalog for Bidding)
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