Lot 1187
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Newspapers, 1895-97, 1¢-$100 complete, overprinted "Universal Postal Congress" (PR114SO-PR125SO), exceptionally well centered, fresh colors, all stamps with "CSY" handstamps o.g., a couple with small h.r.'s $100 with tiny thin spot otherwise Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,500
THE FINEST RECORDED SET.
Provenance: Yarborough
The majority of these Universal Postal Congress specimens exist with no gum or disturbed gum from having been pasted into the specimen albums of the member U.P.U. countries. Many are also straight-edged on at least one side.
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