$5.00 Green & Black on Violet Paper, Proprietary (RB10a). Original gum is still mostly intact, bright color and sharp vignette impression, neat 1879 ms. cancel, few tiny natural inclusions

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTREMELY RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE $5.00 PROPRIETARY ON VIOLET PAPER.

Only 74 were issued on Violet paper. The majority of the few surviving examples are faulty to a significant degree. This stamp is one of the finest extant.

With 1977 P.F. certificate

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