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Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 25¢ blue & black, center inverted, 1871 manuscript cancel, choice centering and margins, incredibly rich colors and remarkable freshness as if it was printed just yesterday, Extremely Fine and choice, ex-Weill Brothers, Cunliffe; with 1989 and 2014 P.F. certificates.Scott No. R112a $11,000.
WITHOUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE 1871 25¢ SECOND ISSUE WITH CENTER INVERTED.
The Larry Lyons census records only seventeen examples of this inverted center. Ten examples which have faults and three have no notes as to condition.