Sale 978 — The Beverly Hills Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Friday, 4 December, 2009
Category — Newspapers and Periodicals
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1145
84c Carmine, 1885 Issue (PR88). Original gum, vibrant color on bright paper, exceptionally well-centered with wide marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE 1885 84-CENT NEWSPAPER ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.
P.S.E. encapsulated (OGh, XF-Superb 95; SMQ $2,500.00). This is the only stamp to achieve this grade among just three examples in the P.S.E. Population Report
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