Sale 978 — The Beverly Hills Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Friday, 4 December, 2009
Category — 1870-88 Bank Note Issues
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1041
2c Vermilion (183). Mint N.H., brilliant color, perfectly centered with wide and unusually well-balanced margins, as pristine as the day it was printedEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1879 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY ISSUE. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE BY P.S.E., AND THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE THIS GRADE.
Ex Scarsdale. P.S.E. encapsulated (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $2,450.00).
400
2,300