Lot 91182 – 1878, 50c buff, second printing plate, very thin wove paper, bogus cancel

1878, 50c buff, second printing plate, very thin wove paper, good margins all around, used with a bogus “Paid” cancel; despite the counterfeited usage, the stamp is genuine and extremely rare with less than 20 examples recorded; signed Darteyre and accompanied by an extensive report on this example by James B. Helme (1989), then stating only ten examples of this value to exist.