Lot
3074 (
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Hawaii, 1864, 2¢ black, tête-bêche, plate 7-A, types I & IX, positions 1 & 9, horizontal pair, without gum, margins ample to mostly large, small corner crease in margin and some faint tone spots, still Very Fine, ex-Ishikawa. Scott No. 24c $7,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1864 2¢ LAID PAPER NUMERAL IN TÊTE-BÊCHE FORMAT - A GREAT RARITY WITH OF ONLY A FEW KNOWN.