Sale 1014 — Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 12-14 October, 2011
Category — $4.00-$5.00 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 244-245)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1563
$5.00 Columbian (245). Mint N.H., deep shade and crisp impression on bright paperFINE. A RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $5.00 COLUMBIAN.
The number of Mint Never-Hinged examples extant of the $5.00 Columbian is very small. The rarity of this stamp in such condition is easily explained. For more than a century, collectors have proudly hinged this highest value of the Columbian set in their albums, and the vast majority of stamps have not escaped this fate. Only the break-up of blocks, which are rare themselves and seldom contain Mint N.H. stamps, has provided the small population that exists today
10,500
4,750
