Sale 1067 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 24-28 March, 2014

Category — 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 230-245)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1234
ogbl
Sale 1067, Lot 1234, 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 230-245)50c Columbian (240). Bottom imprint, plate no. 77 and letter "S" block of eight, mount-disturbed original gum, some perf reinforcing at bottom, trivial toned spot in the bottom left selvage

FINE-VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AND RARE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF EIGHT OF THE 50-CENT COLUMBIAN.

The 50c Columbian is far rarer as a plate number block of eight than six. We located only nine plate blocks of this size using Power Search.

27,500
4,000