8c Olive Green, Bluish (363). Original gum, barely hinged, intense shade on deeply blued paper, wide margins and exceptional centering which is far better than normally seen, bright and fresh in every respect

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPEB LIGHTLY HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 8-CENT WASHINGTON ON BLUISH PAPER. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.

The June 1910 Third Assistant Postmaster General’s report states that 4,000 (ten sheets) of the 8c were printed on Bluish Paper. It is believed that none of the 4c and 8c Bluish Paper stamps were distributed to post offices, and that all of the examples in collectors’ hands reached the market through the Travers-Steinmetz exchange and the 1914 National Museum trades to H. F. Colman (12 copies) and Nassau Stamp Company (65 copies).

The centering and margins on this stamp would be almost impossible to improve upon. We have offered the only P.S.E. graded 95 (ex Odeneal, Sale 941, lot 1252) and one of the two P.S.E. graded 90s (2017 Rarities, Sale 1159, lot 231). This gem equals or exceeds both of those examples in terms of centering, and also has wider margins than either.

With 1992 and 2008 P.F. certificates.

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