Lot
3077 (
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Hawaii, 1859, 2¢ dark blue on grayish white, plate 3-B, type X, position 10, no gum, clear even margins, deep intense color, faint diagonal crease at bottom right, Fine appearance, ex-Steiner; with 2009 P.F. certificate. Scott Nos. 13a $6,750.
AN EXTREMELY RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 2¢ DARK BLUE ON GRAYISH WHITE NUMERAL - QUITE POSSIBLY THE ONLY UNUSED EXAMPLE EXTANT.
A search of the various auctions and P.F. certificate search revealed only this sole unused example of this Numeral issue.
Realized: $7,500