90c Blue, First Design (62). Original gum, h.r., deep rich color and detailed impression, well-balanced margins, few short perfs at top, minute sealed perf tear at left not mentioned on accompanying certificate

EXTREMELY FINE CENTERING. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 90-CENT FIRST DESIGN. THE SECOND RAREST STAMP OF THE 1861 FIRST DESIGNS AND COLORS.

Our census of the 1861 First Designs and Colors is available at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/62/62.pdf . It contains 22 examples of Scott 62, including one copy in the Miller collection at The New York Public Library and another certified as a privately-perforated No. 62a, which comes from a set in the Col. Green sale that was signed by John Luff (we believe this stamp to be genuine). One of the stamps has been certified as genuine with a trial cancel. Excluding the Miller copy, only eight examples of the 90c First Design have original gum. Three of the original-gum stamps in private hands are sound, and five have minor faults, all of a similar nature.

Census No. 62-OG-08. Ex "Country Gentleman" (Siegel Sale 422). "W.H.C." backstamp (Warren H. Colson). With 1973 P.F. certificate as sound.

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