$3.00 Scarlet, 1894 Issue (PR100). Original gum, h.r., absolutely brilliant color on crisp paper, typical centering for this difficult issue, small thin spot at top right

FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY ELEVEN EXAMPLES OF THE 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS ISSUE ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS, AND ONLY TWO ARE CONFIRMED AS SOUND. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF THE ISSUE.

Our recently updated census of PR100, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/PR100 , contains only eleven copies. Only two are confirmed as sound -- Census numbers 3 and 6 -- but number 6 has perfs touching the design at right. Many others also have perforations touching the design. The example offered here, with a small fault and with perforations clear on three sides and partly clear at top, is quite desirable.

Census No. PR100-OG-08. With 1973 and 2003 P.F. certificates.

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