4c Deep Blue Green, Special Printing (211D). Without gum as issued, with right sheet selvage, deep rich color on crisp paper, choice centering with well-balanced margins

EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE 4-CENT 1883 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING. THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL SPECIAL PRINTINGS WITH ONLY 27 EXAMPLES RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

Our census of the 4c 1883 Special Printing, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/211D , contains 27 stamps offered as No. 211D (though Post Office Department records indicate only 26 were sold). 26 have been certified by the Philatelic Foundation. Of the known copies, at least seven have faults and several others have not been examined for condition in many years. Very few are as well centered as the example offered here.

Census no. 211D-UNC-23. Ex Colonel Green, Dr. Test (“Concord”), Lyons and Wingate. With 1984 and 1998 P.F. certificates. Eugene Klein handstamp on back of selvage.

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