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1915, 2¢ red, type I, Pair, S.L. watermark, rotary press coil, perf. 10 horizontally. Used with 2¢ carmine shade (#425a) pair, and 3¢ reddish violet shade (#426 var., one with small tear), plate number
pair, on registered 2¢ Red entire to Birmingham, England, stamps tied by "Detroit Mich." double oval cancels, purple "Detroit Mich. Registered Apr. 10, 1916" double-circle datestamp on back, New York and British transit backstamps, blue crayon
registry mark applied in England, Very Fine, ex-Faulstich, with 1996 & 2004 P.F. certificates. Scott No. 449; Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE COVER BEARING A PAIR OF THE 1915 2¢ ROTARY TYPE I VERTICAL
COIL. AN OUTSTANDING 20TH CENTURY COVER AND THE ONLY COVER BEARING A PAIR RECORDED.
Owing to the unpopularity of vertical coils, this Type I stamp saw only brief production before being discontinued. With the 2¢ rate prevailing at the
time, most mail required just a single stamp; consequently, used multiples are rare, and covers almost always bear a lone example.This registered cover, addressed to W. T. Wilson, the noted British stamp dealer, bears a rare pair and ranks among the
most elusive and important United States 20th-century covers. (Image1)
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Est. $4,000-6,000
Selling for...$2,000.00
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