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Auction: 13USA - The Westchester Collection
Lot: 113

#325, 3c Louisiana Purchase, an incomparable top sheet-margin imprint single, flawlessly centered amid extravagantly large margins that are simply unheard of on any of the values from the Louisiana Purchase series, gloriously rich color and a spectacularly detailed impression on brilliantly fresh paper, immaculate o.g., n.h., superb.[cr][lf][cr][lf]A fabulous quality stamp without peer. Graded Superb 98 Jumbo - the highest graded example in the PSE Population Report and the sole example to achieve this exalted grade - this is clearly the finest never hinged Three Cent Louisiana Purchase in existence. A stamp destined to realize a record price and deservedly so.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Accompanied by a 1995 PF certificate for a plate block of six from which this stamp was taken, as well as a 2008 PSE certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $6,850.00 as 98, the highest grade they price). Estimate US$ 8,000-9,500

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$20,000