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
78
nh
Sale 924, Lot 78, 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue2c Carmine, Ty. III (252). Mint N.H. with plate no. 142 and wide selvage at left, radiant color, crisp impression, perfectly centered with wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1894 2-CENT TYPE III UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IN THE CARMINE COLOR. THIS STAMP HAS BEEN GIVEN THE GRADE OF 95 BY P.S.E., WHICH IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE.

With 1988 and 2000 P.F. certificates. With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $3,700.00). Only two other stamps share this grade

400
3,750