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

Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 November, 2006

Category — 1916 Postage Due Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
203
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Sale 924, Lot 203, 1916 Postage Due Issue1c Rose (J59). Mint N.H., sheet margin at right with "VING & PRINTING" of imprint with star at right, unusually choice centering, post office fresh

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN INCALCULABLY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1916 ONE-CENT PERF 10 UNWATERMARKED POSTAGE DUE ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES IN EXISTENCE.

The Perf 10 stamps were printed on unwatermarked paper for only a brief period of time. Well-centered original-gum examples are exceedingly rare. We have only sold three Mint N.H. example in the past thirteen years, when we started to keep computerized records. Of those, only one compares favorably with the example offered here.

With 1999 P.F. certificate.

10,000
15,500