Lot 1069
 
Newspaper, 1880 Reprint of 1865 issue, 5¢ dark blue (PR8), complete pane of ten, without gum as issued, a beautiful well centered special printing multiple on soft porous paper, cut from the lower half of the original sheet of twenty without gum as issued small hinge reinforcements over small separations at top and bottom, insignificant for the sheet's rarity and quality choice Very Fine.
Scott $4,800
A MOST IMPORTANT EXHIBITION ITEM FOR THE LARGE FORMAT NEWSPAPER ISSUE AND THE ONLY RECORDED COMPLETE PANE OF THE 1881 SPECIAL PRINTING.
Expertization: 1964 PFC.
Provenance: Burrus, Fisher, Braceland
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