St. Louis Mo., 10c Black on Bluish Pelure (11X8). Type III, Position 6, three full margins to in at bottom, sharp impression on deeply blued paper, without pen cancellation, cancelled only by a red handstamp, trivial paper wrinkling at top but none of the usual faults found in this thin and fragile paper

FINE. AN ESSENTIALLY SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT ST. LOUIS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ON PELURE PAPER, CANCELLED SOLELY BY THE RED HANDSTAMP. THE STAMPS ON PELURE PAPER ARE THE RAREST OF THE ST. LOUIS "BEARS".

As an indication of rarity, we have offered only nine other examples in all of our Rarities sales and in the last 14 years of Siegel auctions. Of these, only two were sound.

With 1990 P.S.E. certificate. Scott Retail $12,000.00 for normally pen-cancelled stamp off cover (footnote states: "Values for used off-cover stamps are for pen-cancelled copies. Handstamp cancelled copies sell for much more.")

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