Lot 118 United States SC#231var 2c Brown Purple , 1893 Columbian Exposition Issue, 4 Very Good/Fine Used Singles, Showing 2 Different Major Re-Entries

4 very good/fine used singles of the 2c brown purple from the 1893 Columbian Exposition Issue, showing 2 different major re-entries.

The first re-entry is a doubling of the left side of the inner frame consisting of all horizontal shading lines extending past the frameline into the inside of the frame. The second re-entry is doubling of all the right framelines & cross hatched frames.

Scott doesn't list these varieties, so we estimate them at $10. The stamps offered here grade 61 and 69 as follows:

Centering/Margins: 35/60

Paper Freshness: 3/5, 0/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 5/10, 10/10

Cancellation: 6/10, 8/10