Sale 1351 — The Vaquero Collection of Gem-Quality 19th and 20th Century United States Stamps

Sale Date — Thursday, 15 May, 2025

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Category — Air Post Issues

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Sale 1351, Lot 1126, Air Post Issues

24c Carmine, 1923 Air Post (C6). Mint N.H., intense color and proof-like impression on bright paper, mathematically perfect centering with wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1923 24-CENT AIR POST, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E. — THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED.

With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100). This is the highest grade awarded and it is shared by only eight others.

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