Sale 958 — 2008 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 7 June, 2008
Category — 1870-88 Bank Note Issues
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
614
2c Vermilion (183). Mint N.H., brilliant color, perfectly centered with wide and unusually well-balanced margins, as pristine as the day it was printedEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1879 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE BY P.S.E., AND THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE THIS GRADE.
Ex Scarsdale. With 1998 P.F. and 2003 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $3,450.00).
525
2,800