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 2c Jamestown (329). Mint N.H., brilliant color as fresh as the day it was printed, perfectly centered with wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE
2-CENT JAMESTOWN, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. -- ONLY TWO HAVE GRADED HIGHER TO DATE AND ONLY ONE OTHER SHARES THIS LOFTY GRADE. The Jamestown Issue is notorious for its tight spacing and narrow margins, which causes most copies to
be off-center to some degree. For example, only five examples of the 1c have graded higher than a 95 to date, and one example of the 5c has graded higher than a 95. The only Jamestown stamp to grade 100 realized $18,500 hammer in our 2008 Rarities
sale With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98, SMQ $3,550.00) (Image) Search for
comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
85.00
SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 5c Jamestown (330). Mint N.H. with top part imprint selvage, incredibly wide margins and beautifully centered, natural small line of "short gumming" at top, Extremely Fine, 5c Jamestown stamps with wide
margins and choice centering are extremely difficult to find (Image)Search for comparables
at SiegelAuctions.com |
350.00
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
