12c Intense Black, First Design (59). Unused (no gum), intense shade and impression, light vertical crease, some shortish perfs and a pulled perf at top right

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY SIXTEEN EXAMPLES OF THE 12-CENT 1861 ISSUE FIRST DESIGN ARE RECORDED. THIS IS THE RAREST OF THE FIRST DESIGNS AND FIRST COLORS.

The 12c is the rarest of the 1861 First Designs and Colors, with a total of 16 examples recorded, including one in the Benjamin K. Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library. Our census of the 12c 1861 First Design, available at https://www.siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/59, contains only three sound copies.

Census no. 59-UNC-01. Ex "Alan". With 2010 P.F. certificate

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