Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008

Category — 1895 Watermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 264-278)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
4447
nhbl
Sale 967, Lot 4447, 1895 Watermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 264-278)50c Orange (275). Mint N.H. top imprint and plate no. 75 block of six with wide selvage, brilliant color, unusually choice centering throughout

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A PRISTINE MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1895 50-CENT WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE. WITH ITS SUPERIOR CENTERING, POST-OFFICE FRESH GUM AND COLOR AND WIDE SELVAGE AT TOP, THIS PLATE BLOCK IS WITHOUT QUESTION THE FINEST 50-CENT 1895 PLATE BLOCK IN EXISTENCE.

With 2008 P.S.E. certificate.

12,500
35,000