10c Yellow Brown & Black, Pan-American (299). Mint N.H., fresh and bright colors, outstanding centering with Jumbo margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 JUMBO BY P.S.E.

Advanced collectors of superb early U.S. stamps understand that the 1901 Pan-American Issue, while collectible in the highest grades, has narrow margins that very rarely measure in the Jumbo size. The 10c is a perfect example of this. Reviewing the numbers for Extremely Fine Mint N.H. in the P.S.E. Population Report bears this out. P.S.E. lists 49 examples graded 85 but only five at 85 Jumbo. 59 examples are graded 90, but only four are 90 Jumbo. Moving up to the 95 level offered here, there are 31 graded 95 and only this sole example graded 95 Jumbo.

With 2010 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo). Only three grade higher (two at 98 and one at 98J, which last realized $26,000 hammer in our Sale 1150). No others share this 95J grade.

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