3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Deep rich color, neat wavy-line machine cancel, light vertical creases as do many examples of this rarity, which was used on bulky envelopes

FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ORANGEBURG COIL.

The Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911 specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. The 3c coil stamps were used to send samples of their products to physicians. Due to the quantity of mail, they were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. Because the coil stamps were used on envelopes containing products, many of the surviving copies are faulty to some extent.

Ex McCree. With 1995 P.F. certificate

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