3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Characteristic deep dark color, wavy-line Orangeburg N.Y. machine cancel

FINE BY ABSOLUTE STANDARDS, BUT CERTAINLY ONE OF THE CHOICEST OF THE FEW SOUND EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE COIL.

Many of the Orangeburg coils have creases or tears from placement at the edge of bulky envelopes used to mail samples from Bell & Co.

With 1957 A.P.S. certificate

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