Sale 968 — The Alan B. Whitman Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 27-28 January, 2009

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3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Mint N.H., with sheet selvage at bottom, unusually choice centering with well-proportioned margins, brilliant color

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 3-CENT DULL RED TYPE III, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.

With 1999 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95). Only two have graded higher to date.

750