Lot 41
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New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish, signed "A C M " (no trace of periods) (9X1b var.), position 17, large margins to close upper right, neat blue pen cancel. Fresh and nearly Very Fine.
Scott $700+
This seems to be a variety of type IIIB. Piller notes that many photographs of the type IIIA do not show the periods. It seems that it actually exists without periods.
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