12c Black, Re-Issue (107). Sharp proof-like impression on bright white paper, well-centered with wide margins, light strike of quartered cork cancel at bottom is essentially face-free

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL SOUND USED EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE. OUR CENSUS CONTAINS ONLY SIXTEEN EXAMPLES AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST.

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, at https://siegel-auctions.com/census/us/scott/107, records only 16 examples with contemporary cancels. 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. Of all the stamps in our census, this example has the most face-free cancel.

Census no. 107-CAN-02. Ex Twigg-Smith and Dr. Hinrichs. With 1984 and 2001 P.F. certificates

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