10c Dark Green, First Design (62B). Original gum, neat hinge mark, intense shade and proof-like impression on bright paper, long and full perforations

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE SOUND AND EXCEPTIONALLY WIDE-MARGINED ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1861 ISSUE FIRST DESIGN.

The 10c 1861 "First Design" (or Type I from Plate 4) is extremely difficult to find in well-centered, sound, original-gum condition, This is partly due to the narrow spacing on Plate 4, which was used for the earliest printing. For some reason, original-gum copies of this issue tend to have flaws, ranging from creases to tears -- according to Power Search, the last sound original-gum example we sold was in 2002, and before that we have offered only one or two others.

With 1995 and 1997 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (OGh, VF 80). This is the highest grade awarded to date.

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