Lot
3123 
1861, 30¢ red orange, First Design, o.g., previously hinged, wonderful centering with perfs well clear all around, deep color, trace of light corner crease at top right, still Extremely Fine, with Scott catalog value for the grade of fine, ex-Lilly, Seymour, Cole, "Concord" & Floyd; with 1949, 1988 & 2001 P.F. certificates.Scott No. 61 $40,000.
A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THIS CLASSIC RARITY WHICH HAS GRACED SEVERAL IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS.
A common trait found in the majority of 1861 First Color 30¢ stamps is slight creasing, varying from severe in some instances to barely discernible in others.
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Realized: $13,000