Sale 1362 — The El Dorado Collection of Superb United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 7-9 October, 2025

*A buyer’s premium of 0% of the winning bid was added as part of the total purchase price on all lots in this sale. Buyers were responsible for applicable sales tax, customs duty and any other prescribed charges. By placing a bid, bidders agreed to the terms and conditions in effect at the time of the sale.

Category — 1890-93 Issue (Scott 219-229)

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Lot

Symbol

Photo/Description

Cat./Est. Value

Realized

1426

15c Indigo (227). Mint N.H., vibrant color on fresh paper, choice centering with wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1890 ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.

The 15c 1890 stamp is, in our opinion, one of the most striking designs of the Gilded Age regular issues. Its distinctive three-quarter portrait of Henry Clay is elegantly framed and printed in an extraordinarily deep shade of Indigo Blue. The beauty of the issue is enhanced in examples such as this stamp, which provides a balanced frame of white margins around the design.

With 2010 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95) Only three Mint N.H. stamps grade higher in the P.S.E. Population Report (two at 95J, one at 98, we have never offered any of them).

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