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Auction: 13USA - The Westchester Collection
Lot: 64

#235, 6c Columbian, a phenomenal bottom right corner sheet-margin mint single, possessing spectacular physical attributes that simply cannot be improved upon, including mathematically precise centering amid the largest jumbo margins imaginable, its color is intensely rich and its impression could not be more detailed on the brightest paper possible for a Columbian stamp, even its reverse is perfect, with full unblemished o.g., n.h., superb.[cr][lf][cr][lf]This is another stamp from the ""Westchester"" Collection that is simply unbelievable. It is hard to imagine that any Columbians are known in this stunning quality and that the ""Westchester"" Collection contains not one but several Columbian values in the finest attainable quality - a testament to the collector´s taste and determination in successfully acquiring examples of stamps that are only in the finest condition available. The Six Cent Columbian offered here is the highest graded example on record - Superb 98 Jumbo - and is the sole copy to be so graded. A stamp destined for placement in the finest collection of United States stamps.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Accompanied by a 2006 PSE certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $9,200.00 as 98, the highest grade they price); the highest graded example in the PSE Population Report and the only example to have been awarded this prestigious grade; ex-Klimetz. Estimate US$ 10,000-12,000

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$35,000