90c Blue, First Design (62). Unused (no gum), deep rich color and detailed impression, choice centering, tiny split in one perf at top left, small thin spot at top left

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 90-CENT FIRST DESIGN. THIS IS THE SECOND RAREST 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 Colonel 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. The example offered here, with minor imperfections that are not visible and with choice centering, should be considered highly desirable.

Census No. 62-UNC-11. Offered to the market for the first time since our 1972 Rarities sale.

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