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Auction: 168 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 30

#75, 5c Red brown, a phenomenal used example of this difficult stamp, boasting numerous desirable physical characteristics seldom found converging on a single copy, including being extraordinarily well centered within margins sufficiently large to allow the perforations to be well clear of the design all around, a rare feat on this tightly spaced plate, plus its color is sumptuously rich on fresh white paper and its impression would rival that of a proof, in addition it bears a very light face-free cancel confined to the bottom left corner, extremely fine; a gem with few peers; 2018 PSE certificate (XF-Sup 95, one of a mere six stamps to achieve this lofty grade, with none higher, SMQ $4,400.00).

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$2,300