Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008
Category — Postal Note, Parcel Post (PN, Q, JQ, QE)
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
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20c Parcel Post (Q8). Mint N.H., brilliant color and detailed impression, almost perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins on all sides, post-office freshEXTREMELY FINE NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 20-CENT PARCEL POST, THE FIRST GOVERNMENT-ISSUED STAMP IN THE WORLD TO DEPICT AN AIRPLANE.
With 2006 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,950.00)
325
1,000