Lot 2271
1839 N-12 R4 Booby Head. VF-25. Ten points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy dark olive and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth except for microscopic roughness at UNITED STA. There are some light contact marks sprinkled over both sides, including a pinprick on the cheek under the eye and a fine diagonal hairline scratch from the bottom of the eye to the right end of the nostril. MDS showing a clear die crack from the dentils through star 4 to the nose fading into the hair just below the earlobe.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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| Realized $1,438 |
