15c Black, Re-Issue (108). Original gum, intense shade and detailed impression, choice centering

EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE.

The 15c Re-Issue was printed from the original plate of 200 subjects. 10,000 stamps were printed (50 impressions). Only 397 of the 15c were sold; the remaining 9,603 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.

With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, XF 90; SMQ $9,650.00). This is the highest grade awarded to an original gum example and it has been achieved by only four others

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