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Posted on Dec 5, 2025

3¢ Vermilion

3R17.2

Re-entry LL

Doubling in left corner, dot in the lower curl of the left 3 and doubling in the oval from four to approximately six o’clock. An unusual transition CPV which is found on the late Rose Carmine shades as well as the early Vermilion of the early 2nd Ottawa printings.


Re-entry in Zone 17
Plate Position is Unknown

Earliest Recorded Use: Jul. 11, 1889