Sale 910 — The Scarsdale Collection, Part 1: Columbian and Later Issues
Sale Date — Friday, 21 April, 2006
Category — Parcel Post
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20c Parcel Post (Q8). Mint N.H., brilliant color and detailed impression showing every nuance of the design, perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins on all sides, post-office freshEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 20-CENT PARCEL POST, THE FIRST GOVERNMENT-ISSUED STAMP IN THE WORLD TO DEPICT AN AIRPLANE.
With 1988 and 2002 P.F. certificates. With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,650.00), only two stamps have higher grades in the P.S.E. population report
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3,250
