Sale 1315 — The Eugene L. Grace Collection of United States and Confederate States Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 12-14 March, 2024
Category — Special Delivery thru Parcel Post
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5587
10c Blue, Special Delivery (E2). Mint N.H., exceptionally wide margins and nearly perfectly centered, vivid color on post office fresh paper
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MARVELOUS MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE SECOND SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE OF 1888. THIS STAMP IS GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. -- only one GRADES HIGHER.
With 2010 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95). Only one grades higher (at 98, realized $25,000 hammer in 2016) and only four others share this desirable grade. This is the first in this grade we have offered since 2011.
1,150
8,500
