$5.00 Green & Black on Violet Paper, Proprietary (RB10a). Rich color, well-centered with margins that show complete design all around, neat Jun. 18, 1879 manuscript cancel, couple small thins at top and couple slight toned perf tips at bottom left

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. The Kingsley book contains a table showing 2,109 stamps ordered and he records only 119 copies extant

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