Sale 924 — The Scarsdale Collection, Part 3: Bank Note and Bureau Issues and Postage Dues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 November, 2006
Category — 1879 American Bank Note Co. Issue
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
34
2c Vermilion (183). Mint N.H., brilliant color, perfectly centered with wide and unusually well-balanced margins, as pristine as the day it was printedEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1879 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE BY P.S.E., AND THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE THIS GRADE.
With 1998 P.F. certificate. With 2003 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $3,050.00). Scott Retail as hinged
150
3,000