Sale 924 — The Scarsdale Collection, Part 3: Bank Note and Bureau Issues and Postage Dues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 November, 2006
Category — 1870-71 National Bank Note Co. Ungrilled Issue
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Realized
16
12c Dull Violet (151). Original gum, barest trace of hinge mark, almost perfectly centered with wide margins all around, pretty pastel color and detailed impressionEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB STAMP IN EVERY RESPECT -- GUM, CENTERING, SIZE OF MARGINS, COLOR AND IMPRESSION. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE 1870 12-CENT NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE IN EXISTENCE.
Ex Lilly (Position 2 in block of eight) and Drucker (Siegel Sale 851, where it realized $12,000 hammer). With 1988 and 2002 P.F. certificates.
3,000
19,500