Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — 1898 Trans-Mississippi, 1901 Pan-American Issues (Scott 285-299)
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1419°
50c Trans-Mississippi (291). Wide top imprint and plate no. 603 block of four, original gum, barest trace of hinging, radiant colorFINE. A SCARCE LIGHTLY-HINGED TOP IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 50-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE.
Plate number 603 is the only plate number recorded for this issue. As an indication of rarity, we have offered only one plate block of this issue since our 2009 auction of the MLG Collection.
17,500
16,500