24c Dark Violet, First Color (60). Unused (no gum), deep rich First Color, attractive centering with three wide margins, negligible tiny thins in two perfs at top -- had they not been noted on certificate, we would not have given them notice or mention

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1861 DARK VIOLET EARLY TRIAL PRINTING. ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE 24-CENT 1861-63 ISSUE SHADES.

The Dark Violet trial printing and Violet regular issue shades are often confused, and the Scott Catalogue adds to the confusion by putting the Dark Violet (the old Scott 60) in the Trial Color Proofs section as 70TC6, while the Violet gets a front seat as Scott 70c. In our opinion, there is no good reason to relegate the Dark Violet to the Trial Color Proofs section. As a result, the stamp offered here is undercatalogued in relation to other 24c stamps of equal rarity.

With 2006 P.F. certificate. Scott value as original gum

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