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
1735
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Sale 1040, Lot 1735, 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Block of four, top stamps h.r., vibrant color on deeply blued paper

FINE-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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