Sale 1040 — Outstanding United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 26-28 March, 2013

Category — 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1733
ogbl
Sale 1040, Lot 1733, 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)5c Blue, Bluish (361). Block of four, h.r., natural s.e. at right, rich color on deeply blued paper, few trivial perf separations

FINE-VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE BLOCK OF THE 5-CENT BLUISH PAPER ISSUE. VERY FEW MULTIPLES ARE KNOWN.

Only one plate block is known (ex Todd). The last block of four offered in one of our auctions was in our 1989 Rarities sale.

25,000
5,750