$6.00 Ultramarine, 1875 Special Printing (PR50). Without gum as issued, rich color on bright paper

FRESH AND FINE. ONLY FOURTEEN WERE SOLD, AND ONLY FIVE HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE. ONE OF THE RAREST STAMPS IN UNITED STATES PHILATELY.

According to official figures for sales of the 1875 Newspaper Special Printings, 500 of the $6.00 were printed and received by the Post Office in 1875. On July 16, 1884, they were withdrawn from sale and the remaining supply was destroyed. Official records state that only 14 were sold during this nine-year period.

Our records contain only five copies certified as genuine: four by The Philatelic Foundation and this example certified by P.S.E. This is only the second we have offered since keeping computerized records; the last we offered was in our 2003 Rarities sale.

Census No. PR50-UNC-05. With 2003 P.S.E. certificate

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