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VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE ORIGINAL-GUM CORNER SHEET SELVAGE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.
Ex Moody and "Lafayette". With 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)
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FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED UNUSED PLATE NUMBER EXAMPLE OF THE REGULARLY-ISSUED 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE -- ONLY ONE OTHER USED SINGLE WITH A PLATE NUMBER IS RECORDED. AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
The 30c 1869 Pictorial Issue was printed from separate plates: the Eagle and Shield plate with imprint at bottom (in Carmine), and the Draped Flags plate with imprint at top (in Ultramarine). The 30c 1869 Double Paper/Without Grill variety exists in top and bottom imprint multiples, which show that the Flags plate did not have a plate number at one point (see lot 110); however, plate proofs exist with the "No. 21" present, so it is possible that issued stamps exist with the plate number at top in Ultramarine. No top-margin examples of the normal 30c 1869 are known, with or without imprint or plate number. Therefore, it is impossible to say with certainty that the regular 30c stamps were printed from a Flags plate with plate numbers or without (see Chronicle 217 for an article by Scott R. Trepel on this subject).
Ex "Lafayette" (Image)
FINE. A SCARCE ORIGINAL-GUM PAIR OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.
The largest recorded unused multiple of the regularly-issued 30c 1869, Scott 121, is a block of six.
Ex Frelinghuysen. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A PHENOMENAL USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.
With 1997 P.F. and 2016 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $3,700.00). Three others have 95 Jumbo grades, but this stamp is a rival to each and every one of them (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A BLOCK OF TWELVE IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.
The largest recorded unused multiple is a block of six. The largest recorded used multiple is a block of twelve, of which three or four are known.
Ex Frelinghuysen. Scott Retail as two blocks of four and two pairs. (Image)