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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
202		5c Deep Blue, "Buffalo Balloon" 1877 (CL1). Large Margins, Fresh, o.g., Crease across corner, otherwise Extremely Fine Search for comparables	1,000.00	1,250.00
203		5c Deep Blue, "Buffalo Balloon" 1877, Tete-Beche Vertical Pair (CL1a). Huge margins, Fresh, o.g., prominent printing flaw on one. Light crease shows in margin only, between stamps, light natural gum bend in one, nevertheless Extremely Fine. A magnificent rarity and grossly undercatalogued in its initial catalogue listing of $2750 (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables	E. 2,000-5,000	4,300.00