Lot 919
1803 NC-1 R5+ VG8+. Sharpness F12 but covered with microscopic roughness on all but the highpoints. No verdigris and only minor contact marks, including a small pinprick near the rim left of the hair ribbon and another joining the tops of the T & E in STATES. Slightly glossy chocolate and steel brown. EDS, Breen state I, prior to any die cracks on the reverse. Called F12 net VG7 and tied for CC#10 in the Noyes census, his photo #26778.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Ed Hutchinson 1949-C. Douglas Smith 1969-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19563.
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