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Auction: 13USA - The Westchester Collection
Lot: 83

#278, $5.00 Dark green, flawlessly centered amid huge perfectly balanced margins, stunning prooflike color and impression on especially bright paper, fully intact and even perforations all around, o.g., lightly hinged, an extremely fine gem.[cr][lf][cr][lf]This is one of the finest and most eye-catching original gum examples of the 1895 Five Dollar Watermarked Bureau Issue we have ever seen, let alone offer in our auctions. Its color, impression, centering and size of margins are simply remarkable. The perfect gem for the collector who seeks out truly exceptional quality stamps.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Accompanied by a 1999 PF certificate and a 2007 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo; SMQ $7,450.00 as 95 and $12,200.00 as 98); the sole example to have been awarded an XF-Superb 95 Jumbo grade, with only two grading slightly higher (98) and we cannot imagine their margins can compare to this striking jumbo. Estimate US$ 8,000-9,500

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$8,500