3c Scarlet (74). Original
gum, top sheet margin, vibrant color with remarkable printing ink
smear, extraordinarily fresh, long full perfs all around, tiny fiber
inclusionVERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT SCARLET TRIAL PRINTING.
With 1970 P.F. certificate (Image)
3c Scarlet (74). Four neat
pen strokes, original gum, vibrant color, bright and fresh, pulled corner
perf at top rightVERY FINECENTERING. A REMARKABLY FRESH AND ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT SCARLET TRIAL PRINTING FROM THE ROTHFUCHS GROUP.
As has been documented by Jerome S. Wagshal in a series of Chronicle articles (Nos. 56, 60, 61 and 62), Carl F. Rothfuchs, a Washington D.C. stamp dealer, obtained a supply of the 3c Scarlet in 1893 -- probably from the Post Office Department in exchange for his assistance with the Columbian Exposition -- and sold them with pen marks and original gum. The Rothfuchs lot is not from the same supply acquired by John W. Scott in the late 1870's, from which stamps exist uncancelled and cancelled with a New York City Station D oval.
With 1992 P.S.E. certificate (Image)