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Auction: 13USA - The Westchester Collection
Lot: 92

#292, $1.00 Trans-Mississippi, bottom sheet-margin imprint example, featuring extraordinarily large and wonderfully well balanced margins all around, intensely rich color, while its impression is incredibly detailed on brilliantly white paper which superbly displays the engraver´s artistry on this classic design, immaculate o.g., never hinged (lightly hinged in the sheet selvage only), extremely fine gem.[cr][lf][cr][lf]A magnificent quality never hinged example of the One Dollar Trans-Mississippi - one of the most popular and sought after stamps in all of United States philately due to its status as one of the most beautifully engraved stamps ever produced. Collectors long to acquire this stamp in premium never hinged quality, but past auction catalogs reveal that scant few still exist today in such condition. Typically if one encounters it well centered and margined they are invariably hinged. Seldom seen is an example that combines outstanding centering and size of margins, along with being never hinged. The example offered here is one remarkable exception to the rule. Without question, this is one of the finest never hinged One Dollar Trans-Mississippis in existence.[cr][lf][cr][lf]Accompanied by a 2004 PF certificate and a 2006 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $38,000.00); the highest grade awarded to any never hinged One Dollar Trans-Mississippi. Estimate US$ 30,000-35,000

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$70,000