36c Red, 1879 Issue (PR65). Mint N.H., beautifully balanced margins and choice centering, marvelous fresh color

EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 36-CENT 1879 NEWSPAPER ISSUE WITH OUTSTANDING CENTERING.

The 36c 1879 American Bank Note Co. issue is very rare in Mint N.H. condition. Power Search contains only one other Mint N.H. example of Scott PR65 offered in our sales since 1994, and while it too is a beautiful stamp (ex "Silver Lake"), it is not as well-centered as the stamp offered here. In fact, this XF 90 example is the only graded Mint N.H. stamp in both the P.F. online records and the P.S.E. Population Report.

With 1993 and 2006 P.F. certificates (XF 90). A hinged P.F. XF 90 graded example of this issue realized $4,000 hammer in our Sale 1206 in 2019. Scott value as hinged.

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