Lot 2169 o
1856, 5¢ red brown, horizontal strip of 3, ample to mostly large margins, rich color and crisp impressions on fresh bright paper, two strikes of Wilmington, Del. town cancel, Extremely Fine and attractive, ex-Emerson, Saadi and Eubanks; with 1983 (photocopy), 1990 & 2021 P.F. certificates.Scott No. 12 $3,750.
AN OUTSTANDING AND EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE STRIP OF THE 1856 5¢ RED BROWN IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
The vast majority of this issue was used in New Orleans for correspondence to France. The choice sound condition of this strip is the exception as most strip are defective.
Realized: $5,500