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Auction: 148 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 185

#201, 30c Greenish black special printing, without gum as issued, a seldom seen sound example of this very rare special printing, rich unmistakable greenish black color and a strong impression on unusually fresh bright paper, centered to bottom, completely free of any flaws which plague so many existing examples, fine; the special printing values that do not come on soft paper in production prints are easily identified, but certified examples of the other values are much more elusive as well as being very rare with approximately 40 examples thought to exist of the Thirty Cent Soft Paper Special Printing; 1982 and 2008 PF certificates.