$2.00 Bright Blue (277). Mint N.H., deep rich color and detailed impression, beautifully centered with wide and balanced margins all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1895 $2.00 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IN THE BRIGHT BLUE COLOR. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE STAMP IN MINT NEVER-HINGED AND CENTERED CONDITION. THIS STAMP HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GRADE OF XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.

As an indication of rarity, we have offered only ten of this shade and three of the Dark Blue shade in Mint N.H. condition since keeping computerized records.

P.S.E. encapsulated (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $20,300.00). Only one other stamp shares this grade (from our Whitman sale; realized $23,000 hammer) and none graded higher in the P.S.E. Population Report

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