Lot 29
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1856, 5¢ red brown (12), vertical pair, large margins (bits of adjacent stamps visible at right) with exceptionally bright color and paper and a clear New Orleans town cancel; fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,750
A PAIR OF EXTRAORDINARY FRESHNESS AND BEAUTY, AND GIVEN THE BRILLIANT COLOR, LARGE MARGINS AND CRISP POSTMARK, WE CAN SEE WHY THIS PAIR HAS GRACED THE HOLDINGS OF SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND QUALITY-CONSCIOUS COLLECTORS.
Expertization: signed Colson ("W.H.C.") with 2006 PF Certificate.
Provenance: Caspary, Lehman, Klein, Mayer
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