Lot 375
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1893, $5 Columbian (245), lower right corner margin single with full selvage, absolutely perfectly centered with a finely etched, prooflike impression and full, lightly hinged original gum, there is a small natural paper inclusion on the back, a few perfs between the stamp and the right selvage are reinforced, and there is a small thin at the right edge of the corner selvage, none of which affects the quality or grade of the stamp itself, which is positively Superb. SMQ $16,250.
Scott $2,500
A MATCHLESS AND SIMPLY SPECTACULAR MINT SINGLE OF THIS ICONIC COMMEMORATIVE; OF THE OVER 300 $5 COLUMBIANS GRADED BY PSE, NOT A SINGLE ONE HAS BEEN GRADED HIGHER THAN THIS SUPERB 98 — WITH ONLY TWO OTHER MINT EXAMPLES JUDGED ITS EQUAL NUMERICALLY, THOUGH WE FEEL THE CORNER MARGINS PUT THIS STAMP IN A CLASS BY ITSELF.
Expertization: 1993 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. Certificates, the latter graded Superb 98.
Provenance: "Beverly Hills"
Any collector wishing to build a superb set of Columbians must begin (or end) with this stamp.
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| Realized $13,000 |
