5c Chocolate, Imperforate Horizontally (255c). Mint N.H. vertical pair, small natural gum creases, full to large margins

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE MINT NEVER-HINGED PAIR OF THE 1894 5-CENT UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY.

It is believed that most examples of this error originate from a part sheet purchased by a collector at the Richmond Va. post office. The surviving multiples of this First Bureau Issue perforation error are usually hinged (all have typical gum creases) and some have no gum. This is arguably the finest pair extant, by virtue of both centering and its Mint N.H. gum.

With 2010 P.F. certificate

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