Sale 968B — The Alan B. Whitman Collection, Part Three: 1902-34 Issues, B-O-B
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 22-25 September, 2009
Category — Special Delivery (E) and Registration (F)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
776
10c Blue, Special Delivery (E9a). Mint N.H., intense bright color nicely contrasted by fresh white paper, almost mathematically perfect centering with wide marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1914 BLUE SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E.
With 2001 P.F., 1999 and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98; SMQ $3,750.00). Only one example has graded higher to date and no others share this grade
525
4,250