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FINE. A SPECTACULAR AND EXTREMELY RARE MISPLACED PLATE NUMBER BOOKLET PANE OF THE 1902 ONE-CENT ISSUE. FEWER THAN FIVE ARE KNOWN.
As discussed in an article in the U.S. Specialist (March 1998, pp. 129-130, copy accompanies), this error came about from the plate number being entered in the top margin over the fifth stamp to the right of the central guide line rather than over the fourth stamp, as was normally the case. The proof sheet in the Smithsonian National Postal Museum for plate no. 3472 vividly demonstrates the error.
Illustrated in U.S. Booklets and Booklet Panes (p. 34) (Image)