(Imprints) 1863, 2¢ black. Top margin pair with "National Bank Note Company" imprint, showing strong layout lines at top, o.g., very lightly hinged, nicely centered, strong color and sharp impression, fresh and F.-V.F.; with 2009 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 73  $800 for normal pair. $0 (Image)

(Imprints) 1863, 2¢ black. Bottom margin strip of 3 with plate "No. 30" and partial imprint, small part o.g., rich color and sharp detailed impression, exceptional freshness, F.-V.F., a lovely and very scarce plate strip; with 2000 P.S.E. certificate. Scott No. 73  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

(Imprints) 1863, 2¢ black. Bottom margin of strip of 4 with imprint of the "National Bank Note Company" and plate number "31", o.g., attractively centered amid large margins, fresh with lovely rich color, some reinforced perfs between right pair, F.-V.F., an extremely scarce and attractive strip from Plate 31; with 2009 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 73  $4,500. $0 (Image)

(Imprints) 1863, 2¢ black. Bottom margin plate "No. 50" strip of 4 with imprint, o.g., typical centering, some minor tone spots and slight creasing mostly affecting third stamp, otherwise Fine, one of only two mint multiples from Plate 50 and the only example to showing the full plate number and imprint, considered to the rarest Blackjack issue plates, no. 271 in the Chapin census. Scott No. 73  Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. $0 (Image)