Sale 968B — The Alan B. Whitman Collection, Part Three: 1902-34 Issues, B-O-B
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 22-25 September, 2009
Category — 1908-10 Washington-Franklin Issues (Scott 331-356)
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456
4c Orange Brown, Coil (354). Mint N.H. pair with 3mm spacing, vibrant color, exceptionally wide, even margins for this challenging coil issue EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED PAIR OF THE 4-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 354, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.
With 2000 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $4,300.00). This is one of only three graded Mint N.H. pairs in the P.S.E. Population Report. One of the others, graded VF-XF 85, was sold in our Scarsdale Sale in 2007. The lack of other examples in the P.S.E. Population Report -- even after several years of active grading in our hobby -- speaks to the rarity of this issue in sound, centered Mint N.H. condition
1,150
4,000