$1.00 Black, Types I-II-II (261-261A-261A). Bottom imprint and plate no. 76 strip of three, original gum, h.r., intense shade on bright paper, few minor perf separations at right sensibly reinforced

FINE-VERY FINE. A RARE COMBINATION IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF THREE OF THE 1894 UNWATERMARKED $1.00 ISSUE, COMPRISING TWO TYPE II STAMPS AT RIGHT AND ONE TYPE I STAMP AT LEFT.

The $1.00 1894-95 plate -- comprising 200 subjects arranged in two panes of 100 -- included five vertical columns of Type II (50 subjects). The left half of one pane was made up of Type I stamps, and the right half of the same pane comprised Type II stamps. The other pane was entirely Type I. Therefore, where the plate number appears to the right of the imprint, the two stamps at right are Type II, and the one stamp at left is Type I. Combination pairs and strips, which exist only between fifth and sixth columns, are extremely rare and desirable.

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