Lot 5
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St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 5¢ black on greenish (11X1), vertical pair. Types I-II, position 1/3, unused (uncancelled), large margins all around, faint natural paper fold at lower left. Faint crease, tiny thin at top. Otherwise a choice Very Fine and exceedingly rare multiple.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
Expertization: 1980 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Ferrary, Green, Lilly
There are only four unused or uncancelled multiples of the Bear: the pairs of 5¢ on greenish (11X1) in this lot and the next, one other pair of 5¢ and a strip of 3 of the 10¢ on greenish uncancelled on cover (see lot 51).
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| Realized $14,500 |
