5c Blue, Bluish (361). Mint N.H., rich color on deeply blued paper, near perfect centering with unusually wide and balanced margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. WITHOUT QUESTION THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLES OF THE 5-CENT WASHINGTON ON BLUISH PAPER IN EXISTENCE. A REMARKABLE STAMP IN TERMS OF GUM, CENTERING, SIZE OF MARGINS AND COLOR. THIS SUPERB STAMP IS GRADED XF-90 BY P.S.E. -- THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE THIS GRADE.

The 5c is the scarcest of the regularly issued Bluish paper stamps. We have only been able to locate two examples comparable to the stamp offered here. One was offered in the Zoellner sale. The other was offered in the Floyd sale held by Shreves.

Ex "Beverly Hills" and Curtis. 2005 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies. With 2011 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $30,000.00). This is the highest grade awarded in the P.S.E. Population Report and no other example shares this grade.

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