30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Position 97 with bottom plate no. 21 and part imprint (from Carmine Eagle and Shield plate) in selvage, bright colors, vignette shifted slightly downwards, light strike of circular datestamp cancel, pulled perf and thin spot at right, few perf separations expertly reinforced (not mentioned on accompanying certificate), otherwise Fine, this is the only recorded used example of the 30c 1869 Pictorial Issue with the plate number, only one is known unused (offered in lot 98), see Chronicle 217 for an article by Scott R. Trepel on 30c 1869 imprints, with 1998 P.F. certificate

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