Sale 978 — The Beverly Hills Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Friday, 4 December, 2009
Category — 1908 and Later Issues
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5c Blue, Coil (396). Mint N.H., deep rich color on bright paper, mathematically perfect centering with wide margins, post office freshEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT PERF 8.5 COIL ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E.
P.S.E. encapsulated (Gem 100; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, SMQ $1,050.00 as 98). This is the highest grade awarded to date in the P.S.E. Population Report and only two others share this ultimate grade.
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1,600