3c Brown Red, Re-Issue (104). Deep rich color, bold strike of "2" oval grid cancel, single short perf at right not mentioned on accompanying certificate

VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. ONLY 20 USED EXAMPLES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

The 3c Re-Issue was printed from one of the original plates, which contained 200 subjects in two panes. 10,000 were printed (50 impressions). Only 465 of the 3c were sold; the remaining 9,535 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.

Our census of Scott 104 used, available at our website at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/104 , records 24 examples, plus one with a non-contemporary cancel (not shown). Only seven are confirmed as sound, and several of those are off-center.

Census No. 104-CAN-19. With 2011 P.S.E. certificate.

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