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Auction: 13USA - The Westchester Collection
Lot: 171

#518, $1.00 Violet brown, a magnificent top sheet-margin plate no. A 5782 single, boasting absolutely perfect centering amid margins of immense size unlike any other we have seen, prooflike color and impression on bright fresh paper, pristine o.g., n.h., superb.[cr][lf][cr][lf]A matchless gem in the finest condition imaginable. That a single copy possesses such phenomenal overall physical attributes is simply amazing. This stamp, understandably, has been awarded the ultimate grade - Gem 100 Jumbo - by Professional Stamp Experts. The cornerstone stamp to assembling the finest graded set of 1917-19 Perforated 11 Washington-Franklins.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Accompanied by a 1989 PF certificate, as well as a 2007 PSE certificate (Gem 100 Jumbo; unpriced in SMQ in any grade higher than 98, SMQ $2,550.00 for a 98, which is totally irrelevant to the final auction realization of this unique stamp); the only Scott #518 to have been awarded the pinnacle of all grades; ex-Klimetz. Estimate US$ 8,500-10,000

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$16,000