3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Choice centering for this difficult issue with wide margins, deep rich color, neat wavy-line machine cancel used at Orangeburg N.Y., completely sound and free of the light creases that often plague this issue

VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL.

The Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911, specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. The 3c coil stamps were used to send samples of their products to physicians. Due to the quantity of mail, they were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. The Orangeburg coil stamps' use on third-class mail, and the fact that philatelists were generally unaware of their production accounts for their rarity. Many of the existing examples are faulty to some extent. The most common defects are creases or tears.

With 1981 A.P.S., 2012 P.F. and 2013 P.S.E. certificates (F-VF 75; SMQ $10,000.00)

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