Sale 1116 — United States Stamps and Possessions

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 16-17 December, 2015

Category — 1894-98 Bureau Issues (Scott 246-278)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3263
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Sale 1116, Lot 3263, 1894-98 Bureau Issues (Scott 246-278)2c Carmine, Ty. II (266). Mint N.H., perfect centering with wide margins, vivid color on post-office fresh paper

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A GORGEOUS MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1895 TY. II WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE, GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED.

With 2000 and 2015 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98; SMQ $4,000.00). This is the highest grade awarded in the P.S.E. Population Report to a Mint N.H. example and it is shared by only four others

100
3,750