2c Carmine, Ty. II, Coil (491). Strip of five with joint line between left stamps, brilliant color, detailed impression, neat strikes of "New York N.Y. Hudson Term. Sta. Feb. 8 7PM 1917" duplex cancels, choice centering for this difficult issue, left stamp with small faint corner crease at bottom left which is not mentioned on most recent certificate

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED USED MULTIPLE OF THE 2-CENT TYPE II ROTARY PRESS COIL ISSUE, SCOTT 491. IT ALSO CONTAINS ONE OF ONLY 12 RECORDED USED JOINT LINE PAIRS OF THIS ISSUE. ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF COIL COLLECTING.

Unlike many other issues, this horizontal coil is much scarcer than its the vertical coil counterpart (Scott 487). The Type II horizontal coil, Scott 491, was in production for only a short period of time before being replaced by the Type III, Scott 492. Only about a month separates the EDU's for the two coils (Dec. 19, 1916 for No. 491 and Jan. 13, 1917 for No. 492).

Our census of used joint line multiples of Scott 491, available at our website at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/491 , records 10 joint line pairs, a strip of three, and the strip of five offered here, which is also the largest recorded used multiple.

Census No. 491-CAN-LP-09. This was discovered in an old-time accumulation in the 1990s. Ex "Natalee Grace". With 1998 P.F. (noting a small corner crease) and 2012 P.S.E. certificates. Scott Retail as joint line pair, normal pair and single

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