 Take Ayer's Pills. 3 Cents. HB 18, EP 33, S.9. Choice Very Fine to Extremely Fine. The stamp is somewhat bright but shows some wrinkling and is a little indistinct in the center. The mica shows crazing in places and light cracking (but not all the way through). The case is sound, with considerable silvering remaining on the back. One corner of the stamp can be seen poking through the frame at the back, above 'T'. When the stamps were placed into the encasements, their corners had to be folded down to make the square stamp fit into the round case. In some instances, one or more folded corners of the stamps were not completely pushed down by the back when the front and back of the case were put together and can be seen poking out, as here.
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