The Knob Hill Collection #661

Special Delivery, 1895, 10¢ blue (Scott E5), o.g., never hinged, the most impressive GEM QUALITY example we have ever had the pleasure of offering at public auction; dead-on perfect centering amid gargantuan boardwalk margins, with deep prooflike color printed on lily white paper; the quintessential Scott #E5, the firm has never seen a nicer example of this tough stamp and would highly recommend this stamp for placement in a collection of distinction, as there may not be a nicer example out there, Extremely Fine, 2014 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott $500.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.