$6.00 Pale Blue, 1894 Issue (PR101). Original gum, lightly hinged, radiant color, completely sound

VERY FINE. AN INCREDIBLY RARE SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE $6.00 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE. ONLY 13 UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, INCLUDING SIX WITH GUM. THIS IS ONE OF THREE AVAILABLE SOUND EXAMPLES WITH ORIGINAL GUM. A PHENOMENAL RARITY.

Our census of PR101, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/PR101 , contains 14 unused and two used examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library. Of these, only six have original gum. Three original-gum examples have faults, including a repair, reperfing and thins. Only three original-gum stamps are sound -- the ex-Inman copy (Sale 1131, lot 2597, census no. 03), the ex-Petersen copy (Sale 1234, lot 526, census no. 12) and the ex-Cole copy, the example offered here (census no. 04). Four stamps without gum are also reported to be sound, but one has a straight edge.

Census no. PR101-OG-04. Ex Cole and from our 1990 Rarities sale. With 1988, 2002 and 2011 P.F. certificates.

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