3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Rich color, wavy-line machine cancel, well-balanced margins, completely sound

EXTREMELY FINE. AN INCREDIBLY RARE SOUND AND CENTERED USED EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL.

The Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911 specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. The 3c coil stamps were used to send samples of their products to physicians. Due to the quantity of mail, they were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. Because the coil stamps were used on envelopes containing products, many if not most of the surviving copies are faulty to some extent, with creases being the most common problem. The example offered here, in sound condition and with choice centering is a wonderful exception.

With 1939 A.P.S. certificate signed by noted dealers Bartels and Klemann.

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