Sale 956 — The Jay Hoffman Collection of United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 8-9 May, 2008
Category — 1917-23 Issues (Scott 498-524)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
505
$1.00 Violet Brown (518). Mint N.H., brilliant color on bright paper, perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins, long and full perforations all aroundEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $1.00 1917 ISSUE, SCOTT 518, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E.
With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $2,850.00). Only six have graded higher to date and only 13 others share this desirable high grade.
120
2,200