Lot 41
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1856, 5¢ red brown, relief A (12 var.), with an exceptionally wide pre-printing paper fold, full to large margins. Light grid cancel and a bit of red. Extremely Fine, a choice example of this rare printing variety. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 25, fig. 3-20.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
PAPER FOLDS, ESPECIALLY THIS DRAMATIC, ARE VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT ON THE 5¢ IMPERFORATE, AND THIS IS SURELY THE MOST SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE EXTANT.
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| Realized $4,250 |
