Pomeroy's Letter Express, 5c Lake on Thin Bond (117L6). Positions 14-15/18-19, block of four, original gum, large margins to touched at top, exceptional color in the distinctive Lake shade, manuscript "1844" on back

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE UNIQUE UNUSED MULTIPLE OF THE POMEROY'S LETTER EXPRESS 5-CENT LAKE. AN IMPORTANT RARITY OF THE INDEPENDENT MAILS AND CARRIERS AND LOCALS OVERALL.

Despite the abundance of multiples of remaindered Pomeroy stamps in different colors on bond paper or in similar colors on medium fibrous paper, this original printing in Lake on bond paper is extremely scarce. This is the only unused 117L6 multiple we record, and there is only one pair known, used on cover.

Ex Sloane (Fox sale 11/11/59, lot 683) and Chapin. With 1961 P.F. certificate stating "without plate bruise in the margin"

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