Sale 1140 — Outstanding United States Stamps, featuring The Irwin Weinberg Inventory

Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 9-11 November, 2016

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Category — 1c-50c 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 230-240)

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Sale 1140, Lot 613, 1c-50c 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 230-240)50c Columbian (240). Original gum, single hinge mark, deep rich color and proof-like impression, mathematically precise centering with wide margins, long and full perforations all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS STUNNING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT COLUMBIAN ISSUE HAS BEEN GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED AND ONE OF ONLY TWO TO ACHIEVE THIS GRADE.

With 2011 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, Gem 100; SMQ $8,750.00). This is the highest grade awarded in any condition category and only one other example has equaled this grade (a Mint N.H. copy).

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