Sale 1305 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 13-14 December, 2023

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Category — 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue (Scott 285-293)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2474
 
Sale 1305, Lot 2474, 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue (Scott 285-293)

$2.00 Orange Brown, Trans-Mississippi (293). Bright color, detailed impression, neat strike of duplex cancel leaves entire design clearly visible, unusually choice centering

EXTREMELY 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 -- and 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). Only one grades higher (at 98, we have never offered it) and five others share this desirable grade.

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