Sale 913 — 2006 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 13 May, 2006
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue
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3c Brown Red, Re-Issue (104). Deep rich color and detailed impression on bright paper, neat strike of 1883 year-dated duplex cancelFINE. OF THE SEVENTEEN USED EXAMPLES OF THE 3-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS ONLY SEVEN ARE SOUND. A GREAT RARITY.
Our census contains only seventeen used examples of the 3c 1861 Re-Issue (one has never been certified). Of these, only seven are sound. Of the seven sound copies, five have perforations either close or touching on one side.
Unpublished Census No. 104-CAN-05. Ex Lessin. With 1972 P.F. certificate.
6,750
17,000