8c Olive Bister, Perf 10 at Top (508c). Pretty shade, bold "Hartford Conn." precancel

FRESH AND FINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 8-CENT 1917 ISSUE PERFORATED 10 AT TOP. ONLY SEVENTEEN ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

Our comprehensive unpublished census of Scott 508c, which encompasses all of the records of the Philatelic Foundation plus our search of auction catalogues, contains only seventeen copies of this rarity. Of these, ten are sound or potentially sound (four of these have very low certificate numbers and need to be examined for condition). Of the seventeen, ten have precancels.

With 2009 P.F. certificate

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