30c Ultramarine & Carmine, Flags Inverted (121b). Choice centering with wide margins, incredibly rich and bright colors on fresh white paper, circle of eight wedges cancel

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A STUNNING AND RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES IN EXISTENCE.

Our census of 30c 1869 Inverts, available at our website at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/121b , contains a total of 47 stamps, including 7 unused and 40 used (one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library and one used in the Tapling collection at the British Library). Of the ten used "centered" copies, only three are sound. This example, in sound condition and with Very Fine centering, is a great condition rarity.

Census no. 121b-CAN-18. Ex Crocker, Moody, LeBow and Hoffman. With 1969, 2004 and 2008 P.F. certificates

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