Sale 1040 — Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 26-28 March, 2013
Category — 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1735
6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Block of four, top stamps h.r., vibrant color on deeply blued paperFINE-VERY FINE. A RARE SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 6-CENT BLUISH PAPER ISSUE.
Approximately a dozen plate blocks are known, as is a pane of 100. Blocks should be considered rare -- the last block of four we offered was in 1989. Scott Catalogue assigns only a $250.00 premium for a block versus four singles.
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