3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Rich color, neat wavy-line machine cancel, three wide margins, small thin spot, small faults in top margin, as many have, resulting from placement in the corner of the thick envelope containing pharmaceutical samples

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL.

The Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911, specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. The 3c coil stamps were used to send samples of their products to physicians. Due to the quantity of mail, they were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. The Orangeburg coil stamps' use on third-class mail, and the fact that philatelists were generally unaware of their production accounts for their rarity. Many have small faults such as corner creases or small tears.

With 1989 P.F. certificate

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