Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008
Category — Offices in China (K)
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5145
60c on 30c Offices in China (K14). Mint N.H., intense shade and impression, Jumbo margins and almost mathematically perfect centeringEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 60-CENT OFFICES IN CHINA ISSUE COMBINING JUMBO MARGINS WITH PERFECT CENTERING, COLOR AND GUM.
With 2000 P.F. and 2006 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98 Jumbo; not priced in SMQ above the grade of 98, $4,000.00 as 98). This is the only example to be graded Superb 98 Jumbo by P.S.E. to date, with no others having achieved this grade or even a Superb 98 grade. The next closest example is graded 95J.
280
3,750
