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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50c Red Violet (517). Mint N.H., brilliant color and crisp impression, mathematically perfect centering with wide margins, long and full perforations all aroundEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT 1917 ISSUE, SCOTT 517, WHICH HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PERFECT GRADE OF GEM 100 BY P.S.E..
P.S.E. encapsulated (Gem 100; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, SMQ $1,250.00 as 98). Only one stamp has graded higher to date in the P.S.E. Population Report and only three others share this grade.
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