Sale 1224 — 2020 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 30 June-1 July, 2020

Category — Washington-Franklin and Panama Pacific Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
198
 
Sale 1224, Lot 198, Washington-Franklin and Panama Pacific Issues3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Wide and balanced margins at sides, neat wavy-line machine cancel used at Orangeburg N.Y., tiny thin speck and light wrinkles visible when drying

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

This coil was used exclusively by Bell Pharmaceutical Co. in Orangeburg N.Y. to mail physician's samples. Due to their use on mass mailings, many of the existing Orangeburg coils are faulty to some extent. The most common defects are corner creases or tears.

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