Lot 501
1837 N-17 R4 VF25. VF-25. Slightly sharper with some light contact marks, including a faint hairline scratch from the browlock to star 5 and a tiny rim nick under the ribbon tip. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with some small spots of darker olive toning on the reverse. MDS. The earlier rim cud at star 5 is clear and a new smaller rim cud break connects 3 dentils right of the date. A small chip is nestled in the dentils under the left side of the 8 where a small cud break is forming. There is a strong die crack that connects the end of the wreath stem to the dentils. The area under the stem is now raised as a retained cud, and a radial crack connects the left side of the N in UNITED to the dentils. DWH #1648.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Doug Bird 2/2/86.
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