Sale 978 — The Beverly Hills Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Friday, 4 December, 2009
Category — 1908 and Later Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1108
$2.00 Deep Blue (572). Mint N.H., deep rich color, mathematically perfect centering, crisp and brightEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 1922 ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE.
Some believe the $2.00 value of the 1922-25 Issue is harder to find in this gem quality than the $5.00 value. P.S.E. encapsulated (Gem 100; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, SMQ $1,100.00 as 98). This is the highest grade awarded to date in the P.S.E. Population Report and only two others share this grade.
140
1,300