1870, 50c Brick Red, Yellow Security Lines, -1/2 bbl., Beer (REA17d; Priester 18aA). Die cut, margins to in, deep rich color, bold strike of "Bergdoll & Psotta, Phila. Aug. 19, 1870" datestamp, light creases and wrinkles

FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THE 1870 HALF-BARREL IN THE BRICK RED COLOR ARE RECORDED. ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF THE ISSUE.

The Priester census records only two examples of this issue in the Brick Red color with yellow security lines. The other example, cut square and defective, was offered in our auction of the Tolman collection and was also used at a brewery in Philadelphia.

Ex "Scarsdale". With 2005 P.F. certificate

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