Sale 1199 — Gem-Quality United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 1-2 May, 2019
Category — 1897-1903 Change of Colors (Scott 279-284)
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1c Deep Green (279). Mint N.H. with full top plate no. 548 selvage, rich color on bright paper, perfectly centeredEXTREMELY FINE GEM EXAMPLE OF THE 1897 ONE-CENT BUREAU ISSUE, GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED.
With 2010 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100; SMQ $2,600.00). This is the highest grade awarded and it is shared by only one other. This is the first in this grade we have offered.
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