Sale 978 — The Beverly Hills Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps

Sale Date — Friday, 4 December, 2009

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10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E8). Mint N.H., brilliant color, perfectly centered with wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT SPECIAL DELIVERY, SCOTT E8, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E.

P.S.E. encapsulated (Superb 98; SMQ $2,600.00). This is the only example to achieve this grade, and only two others have graded higher to date.

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