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VERY FINE. A SCARCE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1895 $5.00 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE.
Scarce in Mint N.H. condition. (Image)
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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF THE 1895 $5.00 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE.
The last block of four we offered was in 2008, and the one before that was offered in 1998 (regummed). Only one full plate block exists. The Scott Catalogue assigns a paltry $1,000.00 premium for the block versus four singles, which in no way reflects its rarity. (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF THE 1895 $5.00 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE. ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE WITH TWO MINT NEVER-HINGED STAMPS.
This plate strip is exceptional for two reasons. The first is that very few sound imprint and plate number strips of three are known, especially from the top position. The second is that the $5.00 watermarked Bureau issue is an exceedingly rare stamp in sound and Mint N.H. condition. We have offered only four singles plus a plate number and imprint strip of three since keeping computerized records. This remarkable multiple adds two to that count.
An excellent alternative to a plate block, of which only one exists (and catalogues $200,000.00). Scott Retail as singles with no premium for the position. (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE USED MULTIPLE AS PART OF $71.43 IN POSTAGE. THIS MAY BE THE LARGEST USED MULTIPLE OF THE $5.00 1895 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE IN EXISTENCE.
Using an inflation calculator, the $71.43 in postage in 1898 is the equivalent of $1,758.15 in today's money. We can only speculate as to what such a valuable package may have contained. Linn's U.S. Stamp Facts notes that the largest used multiple is a block of four, so the editors must have been unaware of this multiple. (Image)