Sale 1025 — 2012 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 26 June, 2012
Category — Columbian Issue
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190°
$4.00 Rose Carmine, Columbian (244a). Original gum, lightly hinged, brilliant color in the true Rose Carmine shade, wide marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE $4.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE IN THE ROSE CARMINE SHADE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO THIS SHADE.
With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, XF-Superb 95; SMQ $6,750.00). This is the highest grade awarded to date and only two others share this grade.
2,150
4,750