Lot 40
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1856, 5¢ red brown, relief D (12), horizontal strip of four, positions 37-40R, position 40R showing the double transfer of "Five Cents" with a partial imprint sheet margin, margins to just touching at top and slightly in at left. Philadelphia town cancels. Virtually unnoticeable pinhole in the right stamp. Otherwise Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 24, fig. 3-19.
Scott $5,650
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE POSITION PIECE.
Provenance: West, Rohloff
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