5c Beacon (C11). Mint N.H., Jumbo margins and mathematically perfect centering, deep rich colors on post-office fresh paper

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN INCOMPARABLE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1928 5-CENT BEACON ISSUE -- WTH THE ULTIMATE P.S.E. GRADE OF GEM 100 JUMBO.

With 2021 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100 Jumbo; unpriced in SMQ at this grade). This is one of only two C11's to achieve this highest of grades. A Gem 100 -- without the Jumbo appellation -- realized $7,500 hammer in one of our 2019 sales (Sale 1212, lot 306, population of one).

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