Sale 1078 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 16-17 September, 2014
Category — 1902-08, Louisiana Purchase, Jamestown Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
448
5c Blue, Imperforate (315). Mint N.H. left imprint and plate no. 2952 block of six, large even margins, deep rich colorEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF THE 5-CENT 1908 IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
According to Johl, only 13,500 copies of the 5c imperforate were issued, of which 10,000 were sent to the Indianapolis post office. The vast majority of these were used by manufacturers of private vending machines.
4,750
2,700