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Auction: 161 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 97

#177, 90c Violet carmine special printing, without gum as issued, a premium quality example of this tremendously rare and difficult stamp, of which approximately 45 are thought to still exist, possessing outstanding centering within large balanced margins, rich luxuriant characteristic color of the special printing and a deeply etched impression on bright paper, extremely fine; one of the finest available examples of this important rarity; 1948 and 1989 PF certificates, as well as a 1992 PSE certificate;

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$7,250