Lot 224
1847 N-26 R3+ VF35. Glossy medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and mint frost in protected areas. Marks include a small, very light rim bruise left of star 4 and small rim nicks over star 5 and right of star 13. LDS, die state d, with a strong rim cud break at OF-A (Newcomb's #17). The right end of the cud slants up to the left, which is the earlier stage of this cud. CC#3 of about a dozen known in this die state, and the two better ones are only slightly finer. DWH #2073.
Estimated Value $100-UP.
Ex Bob Matthews 8/19/85-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:1352-J. R. Grellman-Chris McCawley 8/94-R. S. Brown, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:432.
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| Realized $391 |
