90c Blue, Re-Issue (111). Original gum, deep rich color on bright crisp paper, unusually choice centering

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE.

The 90c Re-Issue was printed from the original plate of 200 subjects. 10,000 stamps were printed (50 impressions). Only 317 of the 90c were sold; the remaining 9,683 were destroyed on July 16, 1884. The example offered here, with original gum, sound and well-centered, is a great rarity.

With 1973, 1991, 2006 and 2013 P.F. certificates (latter grading VF-XF 85). By way of comparison, only one grades higher in the P.S.E. Population Report (at 90)

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