Sale 1391 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 13-15 October, 2026
Category — 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 230-245)
$2.00 Brown Red, Columbian (242). Mint N.H., deep rich color and sharp proof-like impression, perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins for this difficult stamp, fully formed perforations all around
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE. THIS STUNNING STAMP HAS ACHIEVED THE GRADE OF XF-SUPERB 95 FROM P.S.E.—THE DOLLAR-VALUE COLUMBIAN ISSUES ARE EXTREMELY RARE IN SUCH HIGH GRADES IN MINT NEVER-HINGED CONDITION.
Typically, when a collector assembles an Extremely Fine, Mint Never-Hinged set of the Columbian issue, the $2.00 space remains empty to the very end due to the low supply and high demand. It is simply one of the rarest stamps of the set in this condition. The Scott value of $3,600 for a Mint N.H. stamp (in Very Fine grade) does not begin to reflect the true rarity of such examples.
From the Nathanael Greene collection. Ex "Scarsdale", Dr. Haikel and our 2012 Rarities sale. 1975 and 1999 P.F. certificates no longer accompany. With 2012 and 2024 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95). Only one grades higher (Superb 98 in 2022) and only four others share this desirable grade.
