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 A stunning Mint Never-Hinged plate block of fourteen
of the 5¢ 1908 imperforateDESCRIPTION 5¢ Blue, Imperforate (315), Mint N.H. wide top "BUREAU, ENGRAVING & PRINTING" imprint and plate number 4075 block of fourteen, huge margins all around, deep rich
color PROVENANCE Weill Brothers' Stock, Christie's Robson Lowe sale, 10/12/1989, lot 278 James H. Gray, Jr., Shreves sale, 9/30/2005, lot 25, to Mr. Gross CONDITION NOTES Extremely Fine; bottom left stamp tiny
natural inclusion SCOTT CATALOGUE VALUE (2019) $9,350.00 as plate block of six and eight Mint N.H. singles HISTORY AND COMMENTARY The 5¢ was issued as an imperforate stamp to be used by private vending machines. Only
34 sheets--13,500 stamps--were issued. 10,000 were sent to the Indianapolis post office and most were used in vending machines. A small quantity was saved in imperforate form, primarily by collectors who heard about the issue and were able to obtain
small quantities at post offices in Indianapolis, Washington D.C. and New York. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com
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E. $ 5,000-7,500
SOLD for $10,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 The largest recorded multiple of the 2¢ Shield Issue
imperforate horizontallyDESCRIPTION 2¢ Carmine, Type I, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (319d), block of six containing two strips of three, hinge remnants at top and bottom, large margins at top and bottom where
imperforate, radiant color PROVENANCE George H. Worthington, J. C. Morgenthau sale, 8/21-23/1917, lots 965 and 966 Caroline Prentice Cromwell, Irwin Heiman, 11/7-8/1957, lot 157, the catalogue notes ex Sperling, Hawkins and
Helme Roger S. Brody, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 12/6/2002, lot 105, to William H. Gross CONDITION NOTES Very Fine; light horizontal crease between top stamps, bottom two stamps small thin spots from hinge removal, bottom
right stamp with H. F. Colman backstamp, signed in pencil "E. Stern" SCOTT CATALOGUE VALUE (2019) Unpriced as strips of three; $15,000.00 as two pairs HISTORY AND COMMENTARY One of the Rarest 20th Century
Errors All examples of the 2¢ Shield Imperforate Horizontally error (Scott 319d) come from a block of 25 stamps bought at the Washington, D.C. post office. The block of six offered here and the strip of three with the selvage and guide arrow
at right indicate that the discovery block came from the upper half of the lower right pane--a digital reconstruction with an additional block at left is shown below. We have located three pairs, one strip of three, two blocks of four (one with two
stamps removed from top, shown below) and this block of six, for a total of 25 stamps. Since this error must be collected in pairs (at a minimum), there can only be ten examples--the three recorded blocks reduce the number of available examples to
seven. (Image) Digital reconstruction of Gross block of 6 with right
margin strip and block of 4 at left in their original positions in discovery block of 25. There can be only 10 possible error pairs in total. Note: the different shades are the result of varying images and do not accurately reflect the items’
color. Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com
Get Market Data for [United States 319d] |
E. $ 10,000-15,000
SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
