Lot
2332 
1961, 2½¢ Bunker Hill, horizontal coil, small perf holes, Birmingham, Ala. precancels, line pair, o.g., F.-V.F., an extremely rare line pair; with 1995 A.P.S. certificate. Scott No. 1056 $3,000.
Scott catalog states that this small hole variety is only known with Bureau precancel and it was against postal regulations to make mint precancels available other than to permit holders. Due to this restriction, only a small handful of mint line pairs exist today.
Realized: $900