Lot 177
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1911, 3¢ deep violet, the "Orangeburg" coil (389), exceptional centering, bright rich color and characteristic wavy line machine cancel. Slight corner crease lower right, quite minor and in no way detracts. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $10,500
A CHOICE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ORANGEBURG COIL.
Expertization: 1943 A.P.S., 1980 P.F. Certificates.
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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