Sale 1120 — Outstanding United States Stamps

Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 17-18 March, 2016

Category — 3c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 10-11A)

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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1121°
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Sale 1120, Lot 1121, 3c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 10-11A)3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11). Mint N.H., huge margins all around, including parts of all eight adjoining stamps, brilliant color

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 3-CENT DULL RED TYPE I IMPERFORATE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED GEM 100 JUMBO BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE.

With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (Mint N.H. Gem 100 Jumbo; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 100 or as Mint NH; SMQ $5,0000.00 as a hinged stamp graded 100). This is the highest grade possible on the grading chart, and only one other has achieved it.

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5,500