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

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

Category — Parcel Post (Q)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
874
nh
Sale 968B, Lot 874, Parcel Post (Q)20c Parcel Post (Q8). Mint N.H., brilliant color and detailed impression, almost perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins all around

EXTREMELY FINE NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 20-CENT PARCEL POST, THE FIRST GOVERNMENT-ISSUED STAMP IN THE WORLD TO DEPICT AN AIRPLANE.

With 1987 and 2001 P.F. certificates, and 2008 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,450.00)

325
1,900