Sale 1061 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday, 19 November, 2013
Category — Private Die Medicine Stamps, Kelly thru Zeilin
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4473
Wm. Swaim, 8c Orange, Silk Paper (RS234b). Large margins to just touching at sides, vibrant color on fresh paper, light vertical crease and a couple small thin specksVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 8-CENT WILLIAM SWAIM ISSUE ON SILK PAPER.
The Aldrich book records only nine examples of this issue, six of which are reported as faulty
6,000
3,000