Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — $1.00-$5.00 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 241-245)
$2.00 Columbian (242). Mint N.H., deep rich color and proof-like impression, perfectly centeredEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A PHENOMENAL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. -- THE DOLLAR-VALUE COLUMBIAN ISSUES ARE EXTREMELY RARE IN SUCH HIGH GRADES IN MINT NEVER-HINGED CONDITION.
Typically, when a collector assembles an Extremely Fine, Mint Never-Hinged set of Columbians, the $2.00 space remains empty to the very end due to the low supply and high demand. It is simply one of the rarest stamps of the set in this condition. The Scott value of $4,000.00 for a Mint N.H. stamp (in Very Fine grade) does not begin to reflect the true rarity of such examples.
With 2020 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $50,000.00). Only one grades higher (at 98, we have never offered it) and three others share this desirable grade. This is the first in this grade we have offered since 2013.
