Sale 924 — The Scarsdale Collection, Part 3: Bank Note and Bureau Issues and Postage Dues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 November, 2006
Category — 1895-97 Watermarked Bureau Postage Due Issue
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50c Claret (J44 var). Mint N.H., brilliant color and crisp impression, choice centering with well-balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1895 50-CENT WATERMARKED POSTAGE DUE ISSUE.
A search of our computerized records shows that this is the finest Mint N.H. example we have offered since our Zoellner auction in 1998. P.S.E.'s Population Report shows the highest grade they have awarded is a 90.
With 2004 P.F. certificate
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