$6.00 Ultramarine, 1875 Special Printing (PR50). Without gum as issued, rich color on bright paper, choice centering partly aided by reperfing at bottom

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE $6.00 1875 CONTINENTAL NEWSPAPER SPECIAL PRINTING IS ONE OF THE RAREST UNITED STATES STAMPS. ONLY FOURTEEN WERE SOLD, AND ONLY SEVEN HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE.

According to sale records of the 1875 Newspaper Special Printings, 14 of the $6.00 were sold and delivered. On July 16, 1884, the Special Printings were withdrawn from sale, and the remaining supply was destroyed.

Our census of Scott PR50, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/PR50 , contains seven examples. Six are certified by The Philatelic Foundation and two by P.S.E.

Census no. PR50-UNC-02. With 1969 and 2009 P.F. certificates, the former not mentioning the reperfing.

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