Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008
Category — 1879 American Bank Note Co. Issue (Scott 182-191)
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15c Red Orange (189). Mint N.H., brilliant color as fresh as the day it was printed, perfectly centered with wide margins, long and full perforations all aroundEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1879 15-CENT AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.
With 2000 P.F. and 2004 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $7,350.00). Only three have graded higher to date and only four others share this grade.
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4,000