Lot 454
1802 S-234 R3. Fine-15. Five points sharper with a few too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade, including a couple nicks in the field under the hair ribbon, a light diagonal hairline scratch through 18 to the shoulder, and another light vertical hairline scratch in the field before the portrait. Glossy olive and bluish chocolate brown. Extremely rare EDS, Breen state II, with a single set of faint die clashmarks on each side. Graded VF20 net F15 by Noyes, his photo #23187. CC#3 of only a very few known in the early die state (Breen states I & II). DWH #2550.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Gordon Wrubel-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman-Chris McCawley 1/5/05.
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