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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$1.00 Parcel Post (Q12). Mint N.H., gorgeous rich color on post office fresh paper, essentially perfect centering with wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $1.00 PARCEL POST ISSUE, GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E.
According to Johl and Gobie, the $1.00 Parcel Post stamp originally had the manufacturing design ultimately used for the 25c stamp. This fruit growing scene is from a photograph provided by the Department of Agriculture of a grove in Florida.
With 2010 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $8,000.00). Only three Mint N.H. stamps grade higher in the P.S.E. Population Report (highest is 100) and only five others share this desirable grade.
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6,250