Sale 1026 — United States Stamps and Postal History, CSA, General Foreign

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 27-28 June, 2012

Category — 1908-12 Issues, 1908 Commemoratives, Pan-Pacific (Scott 335-404)

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Sale 1026, Lot 1396, 1908-12 Issues, 1908 Commemoratives, Pan-Pacific (Scott 335-404)2c Lincoln, Bluish (369). Exceptionally wide and perfectly balanced margins, neat wavy-line machine cancel

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A TRULY OUTSTANDING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1909 2-CENT LINCOLN ON BLUISH PAPER, GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E.

High-quality used examples of this stamp are decidedly more difficult to locate than their unused counterparts. With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $3,100.00). When this stamp was graded in 2008 it was the only used example to achieve Superb 98 status, and it remains the only example four years later. The next highest grade in the P.S.E. Population Report for a used stamp is 95

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