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FINE. THE ONLY CERTIFIED SOUND IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF FOUR OF THE 4-CENT COLUMBIAN COLOR ERROR, AND ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED. OFFERED TO THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES.
The 4c Columbian color error was caused by the use of a wrong batch of ink, and spectrographic analysis has shown that the blue inks of the 4c error and 1c Columbian have the same components.
Stamps from at least two panes reached collectors, and the few cancelled examples indicate that stamps used by the public came from other panes. It is likely that a number of full sheets were printed using the wrong ink, and most of the stamps have simply been lost to philately.
This imprint and plate number strip is from Plate 18, the other recorded example is from Plate 17. The shade of this plate strip is the deeper of the two known Blue error shades.
With 1975 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE AND ATTRACTIVE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF FOUR OF THE 50-CENT COLUMBIAN ISSUE.
The left stamp shows a clear plate scratch at top in "Postage". This has been plated to Position 47 of the left pane. Scott Retail with no premium for the double transfer (Image)
VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF FOUR OF THE $1.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE.
With 1972 .P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF FOUR OF THE $5.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE.
This choice $5.00 Columbian imprint and plate number strip is one of the two finest, second only to the Mint N.H. strip last sold in our Sale 836 (lot 1616) for $52,500 hammer.
With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)