Lot 1044
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Newspaper, 1865, 5¢ dark blue (PR1), used, still attached to piece of newspaper without gum as issued tear at top, clipped perforations right and bottom otherwise Fine. Estimate 400 - 500
When a publisher did not use a wrapper, he affixed the stamp to the outermost newspaper itself. This used 5¢ 1865 single is truly an unrecognized rarity of United States philately.
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Realized $950 |