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

Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 November, 2006

Category — 1870-71 National Bank Note Co. Grilled Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
6
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Sale 924, Lot 6, 1870-71 National Bank Note Co. Grilled Issue10c Brown, Grill (139). H. Grill, several noticeable vertical rows of grill points, original gum, deep rich color, unusually wide margins for this issue

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1870 10-CENT NATIONAL BANK NOTE GRILLED ISSUE.

This stamp is found more frequently with small margins and very few visible grill points. The original-gum example offered here, with extra wide margins and a well-defined grill, is a condition rarity and ranks among the finest known.

With 1997 P.F. certificate

7,000
22,000