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Sale 74: The Westpex Auction

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1895 Issue, Watermarked

Lot 2156 o   

1895, 6¢ dull brown, watermarked USIR, showing "R" watermark between both stamps, horizontal pair, central Baltimore, Md. registry oval cancel, bold color, tiny crease in right stamp at bottom left, otherwise Fine, a very rare watermark variety with approximately two dozen examples known, Scott catalog value for the grade of fine.
Scott No. 271a    $17,000 for singles.

AN EXTREMELY RARE MULTIPLE OF THE 1895 6¢ BUREAU ISSUE WITH THE "USIR" WATERMARK ERROR.

Only three multiples are known to us. Including a used strip of three with the "I" watermark between two of the stamps, a mint pair with one stamp showing the "I" watermark and the used pair offered here.

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