Lot 56
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St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 20¢ black on greenish (11X3), type I, position 1, large margins, two partial strikes red PAID handstamp and lightened manuscript cancels. Slightly thinning at lower right. Choice Very Fine appearance (see lot 63). Illustrated in Life Magazine May 3, 1954, in the article "The World's Rarest Stamps".
Scott $30,000
ONE OF ONLY THREE OFF COVER EXAMPLES OF THE 20¢ GREENISH AND THE ONLY ONE WITH A RED HANDSTAMPED CANCEL.
Expertization: 1989 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Chapman, Weill
With a total of only five examples extant, two of which are on one cover, the 20¢ on greenish is one of the rarest stamps in all of philately.
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