$6.00 Ultramarine, 1875 Special Printing (PR50). Without gum as issued, brilliant color, attractive margins

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE $6.00 1875 CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPER SPECIAL PRINTING. ONLY FOURTEEN WERE SOLD, AND ONLY FIVE HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE.

According to sale records of the 1875 Newspaper Special Printings, 14 of the $6.00 were sold and delivered. On July 16, 1884, the Special Printings were withdrawn from sale, and the remaining supply was destroyed.

Our records contain only five copies certified as genuine: four by The Philatelic Foundation and one certified by P.S.E. This is only the fourth we have offered since keeping computerized records.

With 1980 and 2017 P.F. certificates

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