1c Dark Green, Die II, Gray Rough-Surfaced Postal Card (UX27D; USPCC S39). Mint face card, without printed address on front and with Great Northern Railway Co. printed form on back, rich dark color with clearly evident Die II characteristics on a different shade of paper than the previous lot, Very Fine, a highly collectible example of this rare Die II issue, this substandard grade of card was used temporarily, for a period of about two months, they were not sold singly, but were supplied to printers, Scott Retail for mint card is $22,500.00 and for preprinted (face) $550.00, USPCC catalogue advises that "clean face" cards are valued somewhere between mint and unused

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