Wells, Fargo & Co. Pony Express, $1.00 Red, Broken Leg (143L3 var). Position R9, margins to just in, bright color nicely contrasted by blue San Francisco Running Pony oval handstamp, the variety clearly visible, sealed tear at bottom right, otherwise Fine, the first and only recorded used example of the "Broken Leg" flaw--no used examples were known at the time our book on the 1861 Pony Express stamps was published, and this stamp proves that the sheets containing the error were actually sold and used at the time the Pony Express was running (as opposed to coming from unused remainders), only eight unused examples are recorded, unpriced as used

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