Sale 924 — The Scarsdale Collection, Part 3: Bank Note and Bureau Issues and Postage Dues

Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 November, 2006

Lot

Symbol

Photo/Description

Cat./Est. Value

Realized

160

5c Carmine Rose (J41 var). Mint N.H. with selvage at right, radiant color, perfectly centered with wide margins all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1895 5-CENT WATERMARKED POSTAGE DUE ISSUE, IN THE DESIRABLE CARMINE ROSE SUB-SHADE.

With 1988 and 2001 P.F. certificates, the former describing the shade as Claret and the latter as Carmine Rose

290

750