**4c Error of Color, Columbian Issue (Scott 233a)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1484		4c Columbian, Error of Color (233a). Lightly hinged, deep rich color in the darker of the two recognized shades, bright paper, centered to bottom but with perfs well clear of the design FINE AND PRISTINE. AN ATTRACTIVE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 4-CENT COLUMBIAN ERROR OF COLOR. The 4c Columbian color error was caused by the use of a wrong batch of ink, and spectrographic analysis has shown that the blue inks of the 4c error and 1c Columbian have the same components. Stamps from at least two panes reached collectors, and the few cancelled examples indicate that stamps used by the public came from additional panes. It is likely that a number of full sheets were printed using the wrong ink, and most of the stamps have simply been lost to philately. With 1992 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	19,000.00 SOLD for $10,000.00 Will close during Public Auction

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