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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5c Blue, Coil (355). Mint N.H. guide line pair, brilliant color and proof-like impression, almost perfect centering with wide balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 5-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 355.
With 1993 P.F. certificate. A review of our records using Power Search reveals that we have on average offered one Mint N.H. guide line pair a year for the past ten years. Very few of those compare favorably to the example offered here.
3,250
5,250