Sale 968B — The Alan B. Whitman Collection, Part Three: 1902-34 Issues, B-O-B

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 22-25 September, 2009

Lot

Symbol

Photo/Description

Cat./Est. Value

Realized

819

30c Deep Claret (J43). Mint N.H. with plate no. 73 selvage, intense shade and impression on bright paper, three Jumbo margins

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1895 30-CENT WATERMARKED POSTAGE DUE ISSUE.

A review of our records using Power Search yielded only six other Mint N.H. examples sold by us since 1999, none with a plate number.

With 1985 P.F. certificate

1,800

1,400