Sale 924 — The Scarsdale Collection, Part 3: Bank Note and Bureau Issues and Postage Dues

Sale Date — Tuesday, 14 November, 2006

Category — 1891 American Bank Note Co. Postage Due Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
133
nh
Sale 924, Lot 133, 1891 American Bank Note Co. Postage Due Issue5c Bright Claret (J25). Mint N.H., beautiful bright color on post-office fresh paper, perfectly centered with enormous margins, long and full perforations all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1891 5-CENT BRIGHT CLARET POSTAGE DUE ISSUE. THE ESSENCE OF PERFECTION -- THIS STAMP HAS BEEN GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E. THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE THIS ULTIMATE GRADE -- WE DOUBT A FINER COPY EXISTS.

With 1995 and 2002 P.F. certificates. With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100; unpriced as 100 in SMQ, SMQ $2,100.00 as 98).

325
3,750