12c Black, Re-Issue (107). Huge margins on three sides, intense shade and proof-like impression, neat duplex cancel

FRESH AND FINE. SOUND USED EXAMPLES OF THE 12-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE ARE VERY RARE. ONLY FOURTEEN USED COPIES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS, OF WHICH ONLY SEVEN ARE CONFIRMED AS SOUND.

The 12c Re-Issue was printed from a new plate of 100 subjects, compared to the original plate of 200 in two panes. 10,000 stamps were printed (100 impressions). Only 389 of the 12c were sold; the remaining 9,611 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.

Our census of Scott 107 used, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/107/107.pdf , records only fourteen examples. Of these, only nine are potentially sound. Two of the nine have not been examined since the early 1970's and are not confirmed as sound, leaving only seven confirmed sound copies.

Census No. 107-CAN-07. With 1971 and 2015 P.F. certificates

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