10c Brown, Ty. I-II (282C-283). Horizontal pair, left stamp Type II, cork cancels, centered to top left, few expertly rejoined perf separations, left stamp tiny tear at left, right stamp thinned

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE COMBINATION PAIR OF THE 1899 10-CENT CHANGE OF COLORS, WITH THE LEFT STAMP TYPE II AND THE RIGHT STAMP TYPE I. THIS IS THE FIRST SUCH COMBINATION PAIR WE HAVE OFFERED IN ALL OF OUR RARITIES SALES OR AUCTIONS SINCE 1994. A PHENOMENAL RARITY.

The Type II design, with the tips of the ornaments breaking into the curved line at left, is the same die used on the earlier 1890 Issue without corner ornaments. Type I must have been made from an altered die. According to Brookman, Plate 932 contained seven positions entered using the Type II design. The remaining 393 positions were Type I. These must have been reentered using the wrong transfer roll after the original Type I entries were found to be deficient in some way. Brookman notes "These items are rare, particularly in used condition", an observation we can confirm as this is the only we have offered since keeping computerized records.

With 2014 Weiss and 2015 P.F. certificates. Unlisted as used in Scott. Scott Retail as unused $15,000.00

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