24c Blackish Violet (78c). Intense color in the true Blackish Violet shade, bold strike of New York Foreign Mail Geometric cancel, tiny hinge thin

FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT BLACKISH VIOLET, WHICH IS ONE OF THE RAREST SHADES OF THE 1861-66 ISSUE.

Our census of Scott 78c, available at our website at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/78c , records a total of 48 used examples of this issue. We also record nine on cover plus three unused. Approximately a dozen used copies are sound.

Census No. 78c-CAN-48. With 2019 P.S.E. certificate

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