Sale 1078 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 16-17 September, 2014

Category — 1894-98 Bureau Issues (Scott 249-284)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
387
ngbl
Sale 1078, Lot 387, 1894-98 Bureau Issues (Scott 249-284)10c Green, Imperforate (258a). Left imprint and plate no. 63 block of six, unused (no gum), large margins all around, few creases

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 1894 10-CENT IMPERFORATE UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE.

Full imperforate sheets of 400 of the 3c, 4c, 5c and 10c values were removed from the Bureau and became available to collectors. They were not gummed when they came from the Bureau, but were later unofficially gummed, which is not present on this block.

We have offered only one other plate block since keeping computerized records, from the bottom position, plus a block with plate no. and part imprint from the right position

9,500
6,000