Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 112-122)
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2c Brown (113). Original gum, brilliant color, crisp impression, gorgeous centering with unusually wide and balanced margins, shows guide arrow at bottom leftEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE THIS GRADE.
With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, Superb 98; SMQ $6,450.00). As another indication of how scarce this issue is in higher grades, only one used example has achieved this grade.
750
14,000
