Lot 1207
1875 Special Printing, 30¢ greenish black (176), fresh and nearly perfectly centered with intact, though scissor-cut perfs on three sides, without gum as issued, Very Fine, one of the better centered and most desirable of the approximately 40 examples believed to exist.
Scott $19,000
Expertization: 1990 PF Certificate.
Provenance: Isleham
Fewer than 10% of the 50-60 or so copies extant have intact perforations on four sides.
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