Lot 176
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1911, 3¢ deep violet, the "Orangeburg" coil (389), unusually well centered for this normally poorly centered coil, characteristic dark shade and wavy line machine cancellation. Trifling corner crease and wrinkle, both invisible to naked eye and not mentioned in accompanying certificate. Choice Very Fine appearance.
Scott $10,500
A SUPERIOR APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ORANGEBURG COIL.
Expertization: clear 1978 P.F. Certificate.
This 3¢ coil was produced specifically to be used by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company of Orangeburg, N.Y. to mail samples to doctors across the county. The 3¢ stamps paid triple the fourth class mail rate indicating that the samples were quite bulky. In addition, the volume of the mass mailing resulted in the covers being put through the first class cancelling machine rather than being hand cancelled, as was custom. These two circumstances account for the fact that most of the surviving examples and virtually all of the known covers are affected by wrinkles, creases, or worse.
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