Lot 3211 o
1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine, exceptionally well centered within stunning jumbo margins, deep radiant colors with detailed impressions, unobtrusive circle of wedges cancel, a Superb gem, ex-Price, Morton; with 1997 P.F. and 2016 P.S.E. certificates, latter Graded (XF-S 95, SMQ $3,700 as 95, $6,000 as 95J).Scott No. 121 $375.
A SPECTACULAR USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30¢ 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE, UNQUESTIONABLY ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.
Three others have 95 Jumbo grades (with none higher), but this stamp is a rival to each and every one of them and we cannot understand the lack of a jumbo designation on this one.
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Realized: $4,000