Lot
4247 
1919, 2¢ carmine rose, type II, rotary press coil waste, perf 11 x 10, o.g., never hinged, bright color, Fine and rare; with 1992 P.F. certificate. Scott Nos. 539 $4,250.
At the start or end of a coil-stamp print run from the 170-subject rotary plates, some leading or trailing paper was left over that was too short for 500 stamp coil rolls. The Bureau devised a plan to salvage this waste by converting the stamps from coil stamps into sheet stamps. This was accomplished by cutting the sheets into panes and putting the panes through the flat-plate perforator, giving the stamps perforations on all sides.
Realized: $2,400