30c Brownish Orange, Re-Issue (110). Rich color on bright paper, bold strike of New York "4" oval grid cancel, single short perf at top is barely noticeable due to placement of the cancel

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. ONLY 21 USED EXAMPLES ARE 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.

Census No. 110-CAN-13. With 1990 P.F. certificate

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