Sale 1185 — 2018 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Wednesday, 27 June, 2018
Category — St. Louis Postmaster's Provisional, 1847 Issue and Reproduction
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15°
5c Red Brown, Reproduction (3). Without gum as issued, enormous margins all around including top left corner margins and significant parts of all three adjoining stamps, rich colorEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A PHENOMENAL EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1875 REPRODUCTION OF THE 1847 ISSUE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE FINEST SINGLE WE HAVE EVER OFFERED.
This stamp is an extraordinary example of the "Jumbo" category. By way of comparison, P.S.E. has graded one at 100J and two at 98J. We have offered both of the 98J's (in our Whitman and Kirke auctions), and this has far larger margins.
850
4,500