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Lot 2606

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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VII (534B), horizontal pair with large margins including sheet margin at left. Neatly cancelled by a partial Chicago Pageant of Progress Exposition slogan cancel June 5, 1922. Wonderfully fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $3,250

A SIMPLY SUPERB PAIR, USED DURING THE PROPER TIME PERIOD.

Few used pairs exist as the normal letter rate was 3¢ and the airmail rate was 5¢ both rates normally being paid with single stamps.


 
Realized $4,500



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