The most elusive stamp in Volume 1, Syria 106c, has been offered twice to my knowledge this year. (My knowledge, unfortunately, being after the fact so I couldn't alert anyone.)
Cherrystone in July 2022 offered one copy as part of a lot that sold for $230 before fees:
Lot #1436
SYRIA
1921-22 selection
of seven inverted or double overprints, some duplication, including
25pi on 5fr, also "25c" on 10c green (error), h.r., fine-v.f.
Rasdale had a copy in their November auction that Big Blue blog's reader Ray was able to acquire for the bargain price of $120 before fees. You can read more about that by scrolling down to the bottom of Jim's blog entry for Syria:
https://bigblue1840-1940.blogspot.com/2016/04/ClassicalerastampsofSyria.html?lr=1
And check out the thread here:
https://www.stampcommunity.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=82497&whichpage=1
I don't actively search for 106c these days, so any new sightings would be most appreciated. (Thanks Bud for the heads up about the Rasdale sale.)
2 comments:
AND, Filling Spaces long-time avid reader Ray!!
I was very fortunate to snag this one, and actually bid $450, so I was thrilled to win the bid at the price that I did. Thank you, Bob, for all your work on this blog for all of us BB collectors!
Oh my, I would have loved to have seen this offering of the elusive Syria 106c stamp but completely missed hearing about it.
On a more positive note, I can now report that I have passed 17,000 different stamps in my International Part 1A1-1B2 pages for 1840-1940 which I have been working to fill with all mint stamps for the past few years.
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