Lot 2103
 
Envelope, 1893, 2¢ Columbian, dark slate color error (U349a), mint entire with printed "Baidland, Wash. Co., Pa." return address, size 25, knife 124, watermark 11; light waterstain at top as always, virtually unnoticeable from front, slight abrasion thin from flap adherence, light wrinkles, still Very Fine. UPSS 1161A.
Scott $5,000
ONE OF THE FINEST OF ONLY 6 RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE COLUMBIAN 2¢ DARK SLATE ERROR OF COLOR ENTIRE.
Porter Venn had noted that "Three have been seen, one creased, one with small ink mark, and one in very bad condition." The example offered here is apparently not one that he saw, since it is of superior appearance.
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