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)
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$4.00 Rose Carmine, Columbian (244a). Original gum, beautiful warm color on bright paper, precise centering with balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE $4.00 COLUMBIAN IN THE ROSE CARMINE SHADE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. -- THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED.
With 2009 P.S.E. certificate (OGh, XF-Superb 95; SMQ $6,500.00). This is the highest grade awarded to the Rose Carmine sub-shade, Scott 244a, in any category in the P.S.E. Population Report. Only three other hinged stamps and one Mint N.H. share this grade.
2,000
5,750