Sale 973 — 2009 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 13 June, 2009
Category — Air Post
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$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C15). Outstanding perfectly balanced wide margins, intense color and with the barest trace of hingingEXTREMELY FINE GEM.THIS MARVELOUS STAMP HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GRADE OF GEM 100 BY P.S.E.
With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, Gem 100; SMQ $1,200.00 as 98, unpriced in higher grade). According to the P.S.E. Population Report this is one of only two hinged $2.60 Graf Zeppelins to have been awarded this prestigious grade; in fact, of the 727 C15's submitted to PSE for grading only three stamps stand out at the pinnacle of quality, the stamp offered here, one other hinged 100 and a Mint N.H. 100J
700
3,000
