12c Black, Re-Issue (107). Choice centering with wide margins, intense shade and detailed impression on crisp paper, neat strike of "4" numeral oval grid cancel and part of New York duplex datestamp

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. ONLY 16 USED COPIES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS, OF WHICH ONLY SEVEN ARE CONFIRMED AS SOUND. A PHENOMENAL RARITY.

The 12c Re-Issue was printed from a new plate of 100 subjects, compared to the original plate of 200 in two panes. 10,000 stamps were printed (100 impressions). Only 389 of the 12c were sold; the remaining 9,611 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.

Our census of Scott 107 used, available at our website at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/107 , records only 16 examples. Of these, only nine are potentially sound. Two of the nine have not been examined since the early 1970s and are not confirmed as sound, leaving only seven confirmed sound copies.

Census no. 107-CAN-10. Ex Haas and "Natalee Grace". With 1966, 1989 and 2009 P.F. certificates.

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