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
1738
ogbl
Sale 1040, Lot 1738, 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)10c Yellow, Bluish (364). Block of four, h.r., intense shade on nicely blued paper, one or two trivial perf separations at top, bottom left stamp single perf tip thin

FINE. A SCARCE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 10-CENT BLUISH PAPER ISSUE.

Only 40 sheets (4,000 stamps) were printed of the 10c. Three plate blocks are known. We have offered only one other block of four since 1989. Scott Catalogue assigns only a $600.00 premium for a block of four versus four singles.

7,000
1,900