24c Steel Blue (70b).
Choice centering, socked-on-the-nose grid cancel, rich color, small faint
crease visible only in fluid (not noted on certificate) and small thin
spot, Very Fine appearance, with 2000 A.P.S. certificate
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24c Violet, Thin Paper
(70c). Slightly disturbed original gum, choice centering, slightly
tonedEXTREMELY FINE AND RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 24-CENT VIOLET.
This is not the "First Color" Dark Violet, but the regularly-issued Violet shade of 1861. It is extremely rare in original-gum condition.
With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)
24c Violet, Thin Paper
(70c). Centered to bottom right, neat Sep. 20, 1861 circular datestamp
and bright red cancel at bottom, Fine, with 1944 letter from Brookman to
S.D. Harris stating "Everything is now O.K., as Phil (Ward) agrees with me
that this is not a Red Lilac but a 24c August."
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24c Pale Gray Violet, Thin
Paper (70d). Rich color, bold blue Cincinnati double-circle datestamp,
fresh and Very Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate
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