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

Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 November, 2006

Category — 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
75
nh
Sale 924, Lot 75, 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue2c Carmine Lake, Ty. I (249). Mint N.H. with plate no. 32 at top, deep rich color described on accompanying P.F. certificates as the Dark Carmine Lake shade and on accompanying P.S.E. certificate as Carmine Lake, detailed impression, choice centering with unusually wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A GORGEOUS MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1894 2-CENT TYPE I UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE, SCOTT 249.

With copy of 1983 P.F. certificate and with 1999 P.F. certificate. With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $1,700.00). We feel that the margins on this stamp qualify it for Jumbo status and should be graded 90 Jumbo.

525
1,600