$5.00 Green & Black on Violet Paper, Proprietary (RB10a). With top selvage, rich color, well-centered with margins that show complete design elements all around, manuscript cancel, tiny thin spot to left of Washington portrait and a hint of a corner perf crease

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE $5.00 PROPRIETARY ON VIOLET PAPER.

Examples of the $5.00 Proprietary Issue almost invariably have faults, due to the stamp's large size and the nature of its use. This example is better than most. The Kingsley book contains a table showing 2,109 stamps ordered and he records only 119 copies extant

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