Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 1895 Watermarked and 1897-1903 Change of Colors Bureau Issues (Scott 264-284)
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15c Olive Green (284). Mint N.H., beautiful rich color, precise centering with wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1898 15-CENT OLIVE GREEN, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.
With 2020 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $4,500.00). Only one grades higher (at 98, realized $13,500 hammer in our Merlin sale) and only five others share this grade.
475
4,000
