Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008
Category — 1873 Continental Bank Note Co. Issue (Scott 156-166)
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4288
10c Brown (161). Original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color and proof-like impression, perfectly centered with unusually wide margins, long and full perforationsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1873 10-CENT CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE.
With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, Superb 98; SMQ $12,500.00). This is the highest grade awarded to date and only two others have achieved this grade.
1,300
10,500