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Auction: 13USA - The Westchester Collection
Lot: 98

#301, 2c Carmine, magnificent mint single, absolutely perfect centering amid incredibly wide margins, eye-arresting radiant color and a deeply etched impression, immaculate o.g. without a single bend or skip, n.h., superb.[cr][lf][cr][lf]There is no question that this is the ""ultimate"" example of this stamp. Everything about it is as perfect as can be expected of a postage stamp. The PSE has assigned this stamp the exalted grade of Superb 98 Jumbo - the highest awarded to any example of Scott #301 and the only copy to be so graded. [cr][lf][cr][lf]Accompanied by a 2004 PSE certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $2,800.00 as 98, the highest grade they price); as mentioned above, the highest graded example in the PSE Population Report; ex-""Elite"" Colle Estimate US$ 3,000-3,500

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$4,750