24c Pale Gray Violet, Thin Paper (70d). Remarkably choice centering for this difficult issue, intense shade on fresh paper, neat strike of grid cancel

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 24-CENT IN THE PALE GRAY VIOLET COLOR.

The 24c Pale Gray Violet shade, Scott 70d, comes from an early 1861 printing on thin paper, a characteristic shared by the Violet and Steel Blue stamps. Scott 70d's rarity has been more widely recognized in recent years -- we have only sold two with original gum since keeping computerized records, and we have sold very few sound used copies in Extremely Fine condition.

With 2006 P.F. (XF 90) and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $5,350.00). Only one example has achieved this grade and only one has graded higher (at 95)

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