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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1343
6c Dull Brown (256). Mint N.H., rich color on post-office fresh paper, essentially perfect centering with wide marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1894 6-CENT UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE, GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED.
With 1996 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98; SMQ $11,000.00). Only one other has achieved this exalted grade, which is the highest awarded.
475
16,000