Lot 2461
 
Airmail Semi-Official, 1877, 5¢ Buffalo Balloon, tête-bêche (CL1a), vertical pair. Top stamp type II, bottom type IIIa, large margins all around, fresh rich color. O.g., top stamp never hinged. Bottom thinned in right margin. Otherwise Extremely Fine. A rare mint pair of which there are only about 10 known.
Scott $21,500
This pair is listed as item number 11 and illustrated in Robert Schoendorf's The Buffalo Balloon Mail 1873-1877.
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