Sale 1067 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 24-28 March, 2014
Category — 1894-98 Bureau Issues (Scott 247-284)
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1280
$1.00 Black, Ty. I (276). Bottom imprint and plate no. 76 strip of three from the right pane, original gum, deep shade on bright white paper, attractively centered with wide bottom selvage, few minor perf separations in selvageVERY FINE AND UNUSUALLY CHOICE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF THE ONE-DOLLAR 1895 BUREAU ISSUE WITH EXCEPTIONALLY WIDE BOTTOM SHEET SELVAGE.
We have seen several top imprint strips of the $1.00 1894-95 Bureau Issue with wide selvage, but almost every bottom imprint strip has narrow selvage. A Power Search review confirmed this observation. The strip offered here has unusually wide bottom sheet selvage.
2,500
1,400
