Sale 1289 — 2023 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
Category — Trans-Mississippi Issue
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647
$2.00 Orange Brown, Trans-Mississippi (293). Bright color, detailed impression, neat strike of duplex cancel leaves entire design clearly visible, unusually choice centeringEXTREMELY FINE GEM. THE $2.00 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION. THIS REMARKABLE STAMP, WITH GORGEOUS COLOR, CHOICE CENTERING, UNOBTRUSIVE CANCEL AND OVERALL FRESHNESS, IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE. THIS REMARKABLE STAMP IS GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY BOTH THE P.F. AND P.S.E.
With 2018 P.F., 2017 P.S.A.G. and 2015 P.S.E. certificates (all three XF-Superb 95; SMQ $8,750.00). Only one grades higher (at 98, we have never offered it) and five others share this desirable grade.
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