Lot 2139
1908, 4¢ brown, Schermack type III perfs (314A), well centered with full Schermack hyphen-holes at right and partial at left, rich color and neat wavy line cancel Very Fine.
Scott $40,000
Expertization: 1992 P.S.E. and 1993 P.F. Certificate.
With fewer than 50 from which to choose, the 6¢ imperforate is one of the rarest of all U.S. stamps, from either the 19th or the 20th century, and from this tiny population, only a small percentage are sound.
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