24c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR96). Radiant color, bold strike of quartered cork cancel, corner crease at top left

FINE AND RARE. ONLY FOUR USED EXAMPLES OF THE 24-CENT PINK 1894 ISSUE, SCOTT PR96, ARE CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION, AND NONE ARE SOUND.

The four examples certified by The Philatelic Foundation are: 1) the example offered here, corner crease at top left; 2) purple cancel, faint vertical bend/crease at center (ex Curtis, Sale 1094, realized $8,000 hammer); 3) target cancel, perfs in at top and left, corner crease and surface scuff, ex Collier; and 4) violet cancel, corner crease and color slightly faded.

With 2016 P.F. certificate

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