Sale 1357 — 2025 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
Category — Columbian Issue thru Trans-Mississippi Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
148
3c Purple (253). Mint N.H., deep rich color on bright paper, wonderfully well-centered
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1894 3-CENT UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.
With 2002 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95). Only two grade higher (at 95J and 98, we recently sold the 98 in our "Vaquero" sale for $26,000). Six others share this desirable grade.
375
4,000
