30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (110). Rich color and beautiful clear impression, sharp strike of oval grid cancel, tiny perf hole tear at left

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL USED 1861 RE-ISSUES, WITH ONLY 21 EXAMPLES RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

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. The narrow space between stamps resulted in most copies with perforations touching or cutting into the design. This is one of the most attractively cancelled examples.

Census No. 110-CAN-02. Ex Sheriff, Zoellner and Collier. With 1972 and 2009 P.F. certificates

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