12c Green (117). Block of nine, original gum, most lightly hinged, few small h.r., left center stamp Mint N.H., rich color, perfs scissors-separated and intact all around,

FRESH AND FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF NINE OF THE 12-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. THIS IS THE SECOND-LARGEST UNUSED MULTIPLE.

The Rose book notes eight unused blocks, including off-center blocks of twelve and nine (not this block). The block offered here has better centering than the other block of nine known to us, with part imprint.

Scott Retail as block of four, two pairs and a single

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