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
204
nh
Sale 924, Lot 204, 1916 Postage Due Issue2c Rose (J60). Mint N.H., brilliant color on post-office fresh paper, perfectly centered with wide margins all around, long and full perforations

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1916 2-CENT ROSE PERF 10 UNWATERMARKED POSTAGE DUE ISSUE. THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE THE GRADE OF SUPERB 98, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE. THIS STAMP IS LIKELY THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.

The unwatermarked Perf 10 Postage Due stamps (Scott J59 and J60) were only in production for a short period of time before being replaced by the Perf 11 stamps.

With 2002 P.F. and 2006 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98; SMQ $4,200.00)

650
6,750