Sale 1239 — 2021 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Thursday, 24 June, 2021
Category — Air Post thru Newspaper Issues, including Inverted Jenny
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16c Green, 1918 Air Post (C2). Mint N.H., rich color and detailed impression on bright paper, mathematically perfect centering with long and full perforationsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A PHENOMENAL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 16-CENT 1918 AIR POST, GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E. -- THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED AND SHARED BY ONLY ONE OTHER.
With 2014 P.S.A.G. and 2020 P.S.E. certificates (Gem 100; SMQ $4,100.00). This is the highest grade awarded and it is shared by only one other. This is the first in this grade we have offered. By way of comparison the highest grade awarded by the P.F. is one at 98.
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