30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (110). Rich color, detailed impression, bold strike of "2" oval grid duplex cancel of New York

VERY FINE. THE 30-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT DENOMINATIONS TO OBTAIN IN SOUND CONDITION WITH DECENT CENTERING. ONLY 21 IN TOTAL ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS, AND OF THESE ONLY FOUR ARE CONFIRMED AS SOUND.

The 30c Re-Issue was printed from the original plate of 200 subjects. 10,000 stamps were printed (50 impressions). Only 346 of the 30c were sold; the remaining 9,654 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.

Our census of Scott 110 used, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/110/110.pdf , records only 21 copies (including one in the Benjamin K. Miller collection at The New York Public Library). Of these only four are confirmed as sound. Three copies (Census Nos. 07, 08 and the Miller copy) have not been examined in several decades, so their condition is unconfirmed. The narrow space between stamps resulted in most copies with perforations touching or cutting into the design.

Census No. 110-CAN-21. With 2011 P.S.E. certificate (F-VF 75; SMQ $20,700.00).

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