Sale 1048 — 2013 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday, 25 June, 2013

Category — 1893 Columbian Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
320
ogbl
Sale 1048, Lot 320, 1893 Columbian Issue$1.00 Columbian (241). Top right corner imprint, letter "W" and plate no. 93 half-pane of 25, original gum, eleven stamps Mint N.H. including three in the bottom row of the plate block, others with h.r.., rich color, few perf separations including between positions 1 and 6 in plate block sensibly reinforced, few natural inclusions, positions 16, 17 and 24 small thin spots

FINE-VERY FINE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE HALF-PANE OF 25 OF THE $1.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE, CONTAINING THE FULL TOP PLATE BLOCK POSITION. AN IMPRESSIVE MULTIPLE.

There are perhaps a dozen extant plate blocks of eight of the $1.00 Columbian. Larger multiples are very rare.

Scott Retail as plate block of eight, nine hinged and eight Mint N.H. singles.

125,700
26,000