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1856, 5¢ red brown, right margin straddle-pane single with full horizontal gutter, huge margins showing portion of adjacent stamp at top and wide straddle-pane margin extending well beyond guideline, wonderful rich deep color, neat 1857 New Orleans, La. town cancel, an Extremely Fine to Superb Jumbo, ex-Mayer; with 2006 P.F. & 2008 P.S.E. certificates, the latter Graded (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo, SMQ $3,250).Scott No. 12 $775.
A SUPERB USED STRADDLE-PANE MARGIN SINGLE OF THE 1856 5¢ RED BROWN IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
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1856, 5¢ red brown, attractive bold blue Bethlehem, Md. town cancel, full well balanced margins, rich intense color, Choice Extremely Fine, ex-Amonette and V. Morris; with 1997 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 12 $925.
THE 1856 5¢ CANCELED SOLELY BY A BLUE TOWN CANCELLATION IS QUITE RARE, IT IS LIKELY THAT ONLY A HANDFUL EXIST AS SUCH.
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1856, 5¢ red brown, sharp bold strike of segmented grid cancel, large beautifully balanced margins all around, rich bold color on bright paper, sharply etched impression, Extremely Fine and choice; with 2006 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 12 $775.
THIS 1856 5¢ RED BROWN CANCELLED WITH THIS DISTINCTIVE SEGMENTED CORK IS A RARITY. IT REPRESENTS THE CLOSEST SEMBLANCE TO A FANCY CANCELLATION THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
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1856, 5¢ red brown, large to mostly huge margins with full sheet margin at right and portion of adjacent stamp at top, rich bright color on bright paper, neat "Charleston, S.C." town cancel, an Extremely Fine gem, exceedingly choice and rarely encountered so big, ex-Mayer; with 2006 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 12 $775.
A MARVELOUS LARGE MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 1856 5¢ RED BROWN IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
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1856, 5¢ red brown, Horizontal Pair, perfect strike of Yankee Jims, Cal. town cancel, full to large margins, strong vivid color, right stamp faint vertical crease (visible only in fluid), Extremely Fine appearance, ex-Waterhouse, Newbury, Mayer, "Golden Oak" and Eubanks; with clear 2021 P.F. certificate (issued after the Eubanks sale).Scott No. 12 $1,700.
This is the unique example of the 5¢ 1856 Issue bearing the Yankee Jim's town cancellation. It's noteworthy that examples used from post offices other than those in New Orleans or New York are already scarce, and this particular pair originating from the West Coast is exceptionally rare.
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1856, 5¢ red brown, horizontal strip of 3, ample to mostly large margins, rich color and crisp impressions on fresh bright paper, two strikes of Wilmington, Del. town cancel, Extremely Fine and attractive, ex-Emerson, Saadi and Eubanks; with 1983 (photocopy), 1990 & 2021 P.F. certificates.Scott No. 12 $3,750.
AN OUTSTANDING AND EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE STRIP OF THE 1856 5¢ RED BROWN IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
The vast majority of this issue was used in New Orleans for correspondence to France. The choice sound condition of this strip is the exception as most strip are defective.