$5.00 Dark Green (313). Original gum, barely hinged, intense color and proof-like impression which is really quite striking, essentially perfect centering with wide and balanced margins all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE $5.00 1902 ISSUE WITH EXTRAORDINARY DEPTH OF COLOR AND WIDTH OF MARGINS.

When this stamp was presented to the Scarsdale collector, the seller was well aware that the collector already owned a Mint N.H. example of Scott 313 (offered in the previous lot). However, the seller had never seen another example with such rich color and wide margins, and he felt that it was so unusual, the collector would make an exception to his never-hinged standard. His instincts were correct, and the stamp has become part of the Scarsdale collection by virtue of its spectacular color and margins.

With two 1998 P.F. certificates, the first as part of a block of four.

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