Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins

Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020

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Category — 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 246-263)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2962
nh
Sale 1227, Lot 2962, 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 246-263)$5.00 Dark Green (263). Mint N.H., deep rich color, attractive centering and margins with perfs clear of design at left and bottom, tiny coal speck inclusion is visible only on the back and not mentioned on accompanying certificate

FINE AND RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $5.00 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE.

Without question, the $5.00 is the rarest of the 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue in sound, Mint Never-Hinged condition. It is unlikely that more than three or four Extremely Fine Mint N.H. examples exist.

With 2018 P.S.E. certificate

14,000
3,250