Lot 102
1824/2 N-1 R1 Overdate 4 over 2 VF35. Ten points sharper but very lightly cleaned and expertly retoned glossy steel brown and chocolate. Looks original now. The surfaces are satiny and attractive offering excellent eye appeal. There is a patch of very faint microscopic roughness under EN in CENT and two small nicks over star 13. M-LDS. The fields are covered with fine radial die flowlines but the overdate remains clear. Faint die cracks join star 1 to the adjacent 1 and star 6 to star 7, and a stronger die crack passes through the bottom of the legend outside the wreath with the exception of OF. A weaker die crack is visible from the bottom of the second S in STATES down to the wreath and up to the right foot of the first A in AMERICA. The variety is unknown without these cracks, although the one through the wreath below OF is sometimes faint. The rim crumbles at star 2 & stars 3-5 found in the latest state are not present. The overdate feature is obvious to the unaided eye. A very nice example of this popular "Redbook" overdate variety. Called EF45 net VF35 in the Noyes census, his photo #37119. Estimate Value $1,200 - UP
Ex Christian M. Petersen, Kagin's 1/30/1986:5441-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:184-Pierre Fricke, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/17/2017:388-The Westwood Collection (includes the last lot ticket).
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| Realized $1,080 |
