Lot 845
1848 N-9 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Lustrous bright original mint red shifting to bluish steel and light olive on the highpoints, 80% of the mint color remaining. The only marks, and they are barely visible with a strong glass, are tiny specks of darker steel toning sprinkled over both sides and an extremely faint hairline in the field under star 4. A speck of toning inside the top of the C in CENT is the best identifying defect. Sharply struck EDS but not quite the earliest, die state a. The fine die lines from the dentils to the base of the second 8 are dull but still visible and the reverse is uncracked. Called MS65 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #30520. Our grade is MS65, tied for CC#2 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex "Sheraton Collection", lot 1705-Dr. Ken Sartoris (via Denis Loring)-Myles Z. Gerson-Denis Loring-Kenneth Goldman 7/24/80.
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| Realized $3,450 |
