Lot
810 (
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St. Louis, Mo., U.S. Penny Post, 1849, 2¢ black, type I, unused without gum, clear to large margins with bits of adjacent stamps visible at top & bottom, faint vertical crease, Very Fine appearance, ex-Hunter, Hind, Boker & Golden, with Colson's "W.H.C." backstamp; with 1999 P.F. certificate mistakenly noting o.g. Scott No. 8LB1 $7,000.
AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS GREAT RARITY - ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED.
Realized: $2,200