20c Parcel Post (Q8). Top plate no. 6192 block of six with wide selvage, right vertical pair Mint N.H., others barely hinged, gorgeous deep shade on fresh paper, top middle stamp small natural inclusions at top left

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A SCARCE AND BEAUTIUFL TOP PLATE BLOCK OF THE 20-CENT PARCEL POST ISSUE.

The 20c Parcel Post stamp depicts a plane flying over a town, with the label "Aeroplane Carrying Mail". The stamp was first issued on December 16, 1912, which is almost six years before the first flight to actually carry mail, on May 15, 1918. This is the first postage stamp anywhere in the world to depict an airplane.

With 2015 P.F. certificate

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