Scotts #43 US stamps

#43 - 1875 10¢ reprint

10¢
Blue green

Printing Method: Engraved
Printer: Continental Bank Note Co
Subject: George Washington
Plate #: 59
Number sold: 516
Perforations: 12 (no gum)
Scott #: 43
Issued: 1876

Value

Used
$11,500 (2012)
No postmark with no gum as issued with hinge mark
$1,400 - $2,400
No postmark with no gum as issued with
no trace of stamp hinge mark
No sales recorded

Used

The only record of a used #43. The cancel is probably from a later date.

Identifying #43

#43 has the full and complete die design and as such differ entirely from any of the stamps issued from Plates 1 and 2. The paper is harder and much more white and highly finished in appearance. The stamps were frequently separated with scissors. The reprints have no grill. #43 was a perf 12 stamp while earlier stamps were perf 15½.