Lot 835
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Documentary, 1871 Second Issue, $5,000 orange red, dark blue and black, unissued, trial color plate proof on India (R133ATC), mounted on thin card, brilliant color, few tiny edge faults on India paper as typical, still Very Fine and choice.
Scott $8,000
THE ONLY RECORDED $5,000 "LARGE PERSIAN RUG" IN THIS COMBINATION OF COLORS.
Provenance: Joyce
Thomas C. Kingsley records twenty-five $5,000 "Large Persian Rug" trial color proofs. Of these, there are only fifteen in private hands and ten currently in the holdings of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum from the legendary Eagle revenue collection.
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