US Stamp Prices Scott Catalogue 243: US$3.00 1893 Columbian Exposition: Columbus Describing His Third Voyage. Page 16

US Stamp Price Scott 243 - 1893 US$3.00 Columbian Exposition. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1548

$3.00 Olive Green, Columbian (Scott 243a). Original gum, lightly hinged, beautiful rich color and well-balanced margins, Very Fine and choice, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, VF-XF 85, SMQ $1,850.00)

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1548

US$1,200.00
US Stamp Price Scott Catalogue # 243: 1893 US$3.00 Columbian Exposition. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1547

$3.00 Olive Green, Columbian (Scott 243a). Mint N.H., lovely bright color, wide margins and nice centering for this difficult issue VERY FINE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $3.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DENOMINATIONS TO OBTAIN IN MINT NEVER-HINGED CONDITION. A review using Power Search shows that we have offered an average of one Mint N.H. example of the $3.00 Columbian a year in any grade. With 2000 P.S.E. certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1547

US$4,750.00
Values of US Stamps Scott Catalogue 243 - US$3.00 1893 Columbian Exposition. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1553

$3.00 Columbian (Scott 243). Bright color, full bold strike of “Wall Street Station N.Y.” oval cancel, small surface rub top left, appears Fine

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1553

US$250.00
US Stamp Prices Scott Catalogue #243 - 1893 US$3.00 Columbian Exposition. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1552

$3.00 Columbian (Scott 243). Wonderful color and choice wide margins, nearly perfectly centered, small neat socked-on-the-nose “Washington D.C. Aug. 28 2-PM 1895” machine datestamp EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN IDEAL USED EXAMPLE OF THE $3.00 COLUMBIAN. With 2002 P.F. and 2006 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95, SMQ price $5,000.00)

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1552

US$3,500.00
US Stamps Values Scott Catalog # 243: 1893 US$3.00 Columbian Exposition. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1551

$3.00 Columbian (Scott 243). Block of four, original gum, faintly hinged, deep color and clear impression, Fine, with 2002 P.S.E. certificate and three other originals of the same certificate

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1551

US$2,000.00
Value of US Stamp Scott Catalogue 243 - US$3.00 1893 Columbian Exposition. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1550

$3.00 Columbian (Scott 243). Original gum, lightly hinged, pretty color, Fine

Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 1550

US$475.00
Costs of US Stamp Scott Cat. #243 - 1893 US$3.00 Columbian Exposition. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 91, Lot 236

() U.S.; General Issues, 1893, $3 Columbian, #243. Unused, short and missed perf, Fine appearing. Scott $800. Estimate $200.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 91, Lot 236

US$374.00
US Stamp Prices Scott #243 - 1893 US$3.00 Columbian Exposition. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 91, Lot 235

() U.S.; General Issues, 1893, $3 Columbian, #243. Regummed, small thin, Fine to Very Fine appearing. Scott $800. Estimate value $250.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 91, Lot 235

US$518.00
US Stamps Value Scott Catalog 243: US$3.00 1893 Columbian Exposition. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 91, Lot 234

U.S.; General Issues, 1893, $3 Columbian, #243. Sweated o.g. (h.r.), Fine. Scott $1,600. Estimate $400.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 91, Lot 234

US$518.00
US Stamp Value Scott Catalogue # 243 - 1893 US$3.00 Columbian Exposition. Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2011, Sale 338, Lot 1875

1893, $3 Columbian (243), centered with near mathematical precision amid four large balanced margins with choice, almost luminous color and full barely hinged original gum Extremely Fine to Superb. SMQ $5,000. Scott $1,600 A GEM $3 COLUMBIAN BY ANY STANDARD. Expertization: PSE encapsulated XF-Sup 95. To date PSE has graded just four original gum examples higher.

Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2011, Sale 338, Lot 1875

US$3,750.00
Prices of US Stamp Scott Cat. #243 - US$3.00 1893 Columbian Exposition. Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2011, Sale 338, Lot 1876

1893, $3 Columbian (243), wonderfully fresh and absolutely perfectly centered with lustrous color and bright, white paper original gum, lightly hinged virtually invisible pressed horizontal crease, which shows only in fluid; spectacular, Extremely Fine appearance. Scott price $1,600 Expertization: clear 1979 PF Certificate for block of 4 and 1991 PSE Certificate noting a horizontal “papermakers line in paper…similar to a stitch watermark”.

Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2011, Sale 338, Lot 1876

US$1,600.00
Costs of US Stamps Scott # 243: 1893 US$3.00 Columbian Exposition. Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2011, Sale 338, Lot 1877

o 1893, $3 Columbian (243a), virtually perfect centering with large, beautifully balanced margins, lustrous color, a finely detailed impression and a socked-on-the-nose New York duplex cancel, Sep 20, 1893; a fresh and choice, Extremely Fine gem. SSV $1,750 for a normal 90. Scott $950 Expertization: 1995 & 2011 PF Certificates, the latter graded XF 90 XQ.

Matthew Bennett International, Sep 2011, Sale 338, Lot 1877

US$1,700.00
US Stamps Prices Scott Catalog #243: US$3.00 1893 Columbian Exposition. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Aug 2011, Sale 90, Lot 1378

() U.S.; General Issues, 1893, $3 Columbian, #243. Regummed over thin, Fine appearance. Scott $800. Estimate $140-160.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Aug 2011, Sale 90, Lot 1378

US$431.00
US Stamps Value Scott Catalogue # 243: US$3.00 1893 Columbian Exposition. Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Aug 2011, Sale 90, Lot 1379

o U.S.; General Issues, 1893, $3 Columbian, #243. Used, reperfed top and small thin, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Scott $950. Estimate $180-220.

Harmer-Schau Auction Galleries, Aug 2011, Sale 90, Lot 1379

US$276.00
Prices of US Stamps Scott #243: US$3.00 1893 Columbian Exposition. Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Jul 2011, Sale 625, Lot 837

1893, $3 Columbian (Scott 243), o.g., hinged; small thin, well balanced margins, rich color, Very Fine. Scott value $1,600.

Daniel Kelleher Auctions, Jul 2011, Sale 625, Lot 837

US$750.00