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EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 388.
This stamp is very scarce as a high grade single. It was in production for only a short period of time before being superseded by the Perf 8-1/2 issue. Due to the greater popularity of the horizontal coils, combined with a wary attitude by many collectors that early coils were simply trimmed stamps, many were used and few preserved.
With 1992 P.F. certificate for a pair. (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL.
The Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911, specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. The 3c coil stamps were used to send samples of their products to physicians. Due to the quantity of mail, they were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. The Orangeburg coil stamps' use on third-class mail, and the fact that philatelists were generally unaware of their production accounts for their rarity.
Ex Geisler. With 1980, 1993 and 2007 P.F. certificates (Image)