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
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
39
10c Brown, With Secret Mark (188). Mint N.H., rich color and sharp proof-like impression, choice centering with wide marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED 10-CENT 1879 AMERICAN ISSUE WITH SECRET MARK.
Unlike other values of the 1879 Issue, there are virtually no 10c stamps in Mint Never-Hinged condition. A thorough review of auction catalogues, including sales of the Caspary, Close, Sinkler, Col. Green, Lilly, Braus, Wunderlich and Klein collections, among others, produced no Mint N.H. singles and no blocks containing Mint N.H. stamps. We doubt that more than four or five Mint N.H. copies exist in total.
Ex Drucker (our Sale 851, where it realized $11,500 hammer). With 2002 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as hinged
2,500
13,000