This fine impression of the 12 cents black George Washington postage stamp from the 1860s is a plate proof. The Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers defines proofs as "Trial printings of a stamp made from the original die or the finished plate." This proof is from the Second Designs / Regular Issue of 1861 and is printed on "card" (= Scott Catalogue # 69P4).
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