Long Island 1916 2½d essay in violet

Stock Code: P256000498

1916 2½d imperforate essay in violet, handstamped on white wove in three operations (frame, cypher, and value tablet), fine and rare. [These essays were apparently prepared in advance of the military occupation and subsequently discovered (in September 1917) by Paymaster C.F. Phillips in the British Legation, Athens.]

$606.38*

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