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The Henry Tolman II Collection of United States Revenues - Part One continued...

Third Issue
Lot Sym. Lot Description
3535 image2c Vermilion and Black, Third Issue (R135a). Horizontal pair, bright colors, blue herringbone cancel and blue datestamp, fresh and Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail as two singles (Image) 1,300.00
3536 image5c Orange & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R137a). Affixed to small part of document and tied by herringbone cancel, bright color, extra wide margins, beatifully centered

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT THIRD ISSUE INVERT WITH EXTRAORDINARILY WIDE MARGINS AND CHOICE CENTERING. ONLY 21 EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN IN TOTAL.

In his privately published census, Larry Lyons records 20 examples. Of these, three are on a part document. Of the 17 off-document copies, 13 have faults of varying degrees, the most common being creases (9). The example offered here was apparently unknown to Lyons. (Image)

3,500.00
3537 image30c Orange & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R140a). Bright color and sharp vignette, unobtrusive blue handstamp cancel, well-balanced margins, Very Fine and choice, rare in sound condition, probably fewer than 40 are known (Image) 3,000.00

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