Sale 976 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 29 September-2 October, 2009

Category — 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 246-263)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1729°
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Sale 976, Lot 1729, 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 246-263)2c Carmine, Ty. II (251). Mint N.H., brilliant color on bright white paper, almost perfectly centered amid wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT TYPE II 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.

With 2002 P.F. and 2009 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $8,650.00). This is the highest grade awarded to date, and only one other example shares this grade

1,100
5,250