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FINE-VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE PLATE NUMBER AND "FIFTY" BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 50-CENT PARCEL POST ISSUE.
The Parcel Post issues were printed from plates of 180 which consisted of four panes of 45. According to Johl, the uniform color of the twelve denominations led to confusion on the part of postal clerks, who complained that they were forced to examine the stamps in detail to ensure they had the correct values. In response, on January 27, 1913, large capital letters were added to the margins near each plate number. At top and bottom the imprint is in the selvage next to the plate number, on the sides it is separated by a stamp with blank selvage. In the instance of the plate block offered here we can tell that this came from the bottom right pane, because on that pane the letters precede rather than follow the plate number. (Image)
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From the top left pane (Image)
FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PLATE NUMBER AND "FIFTY" BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 50-CENT PARCEL POST.
From the bottom right pane (Image)
FINE. A RARE PLATE NUMBER AND "FIFTY" BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 50-CENT PARCEL POST ISSUE.
FINE-VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE NUMBER AND "FIFTY" BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 50-CENT PARCEL POST ISSUE.
From the top right pane (Image)
FINE-VERY FINE. A RARE AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE TOP PLATE NUMBER AND "FIFTY" BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 50-CENT PARCEL POST. THIS IS ALMOST ALWAYS FOUND AS A BLOCK OF FOUR, AND MAY IN FACT BE UNIQUE AS A BLOCK OF SIX FROM THE TOP POSITION.
FRESH AND FINE-VERY FINE. A RARE PLATE NUMBER AND "FIFTY" BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 50-CENT PARCEL POST.