Sale 1245 — United States Stamps, featuring the Sacramento Collection

Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 16-18 November, 2021

Category — 50c-$5.00 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 240-245)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1505°
 
Sale 1245, Lot 1505, 50c-$5.00 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 240-245)$2.00 Columbian (242). Gorgeous color on fresh paper, wide and balanced margins, remarkable face-free strike of duplex cancel

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 COLUMBIAN, WITH A CANCEL ALLOWING AN UNOBSCURED VIEW OF THE "COLUMBUS IN CHAINS" DESIGN.

With 2021 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $3,250.00). Only four used stamps grade higher (all at 98).

525
2,200