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
780
10c Deep Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E12a). Mint N.H., intense shade and impression, mathematically perfect centering with wide marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1922 10-CENT SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PERFECT GRADE OF GEM 100 BY P.S.E.
With 1995 P.F. (as Scott E12) and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (Gem 100; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, $920.00 as 98). Only one example shares this grade and one other has graded 100J
115
2,600