Sale 1199 — Gem-Quality United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 1-2 May, 2019
Category — 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 246-263)
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1338
2c Carmine, Ty. III (252). Mint N.H., brilliant color on bright paper, beautifully balanced margins, post-office fresh in every respectEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1894 2-CENT CARMINE TYPE III BUREAU ISSUE.
With 2006 P.F. certificate (XF-Superb 95). By way of comparison, the P.S.E. Population Report records only one Mint N.H. Scott 252 at a grade higher than XF-Superb 95 (Superb 98) and only three at 95
400
5,250