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Auction: 13USA - The Westchester Collection
Lot: 45

#214, 3c Vermilion, top left corner sheet-margin single, flawlessly centered, with absolutely enormous and perfectly balanced margins all around, lovely bright color and impression on immaculate paper, pristine o.g., never hinged, superb.[cr][lf][cr][lf]This incomparable stamp is the epitome of perfection. It could not be better centered, possess larger margins, nor boast a most impressive overall appearance. The phenomenon of graded stamps was created just for stamps exactly like this and to highlight how rare stamps of this caliber truly are. Without fear of being contradicted, this is the finest mint Scott #214 in existence.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Accompanied by a 1991 PF certificate and a 2007 PSE certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $6,000.00 as 98, the highest grade they price); this is the highest graded example in the PSE Population Report, and the sole example to have been awarded this coveted grade; ex-Morris, Klimetz. Estimate US$ 7,000-8,000

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$26,000