Lot 477
1803 S-243 R2+ Stemless Wreath with Double Fraction Bar. VF-35. Glossy olive and steel brown with traces of lighter brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. Smooth and perfect save for a few trivial contract marks, including a tiny, dull nick in the field close before the depression under the lower lip and a faint horizontal hairline scratch well hidden in the hair left of the ear. Sharply struck MDS, Breen state III, with a rim cud break from the right top of the Y to even with the tip of the nose. The stemless wreath and double fraction bar features are strong, and the repunching on the second S in STATES is sharp. Called VF35 net VF30 and tied for CC#15 in the Noyes census, his photo #29224. DWH #3548.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Roger S. Cohen, Jr., Superior 2/2/92:971-March Wells, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 2/1/2009:604.
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