Cuba 1883 - Sc 120 - EDIFIL 88
Unused, original gum, never hinged, 20 centavos de Peso, Type "e" overprint of 1883, a.k.a. the ARAÑAS overprints. These overprints were made to invalidate the stamps that were stolen, on the night of April 9th, 1883 from the Havana Post Office.This stamp appears to have some natural gum skips. The original gum has darken a bit over the years, leaving the areas of the gum skips showing the lighter color of the ungummed paper. The 2014 Scott catalogue price for an unused, HINGED stamp is US $ 250.00. The 2012 EDIFIL catalogue price for HINGED is € 265,- (US $ 345.00)