Sale 1140 — Outstanding United States Stamps, featuring The Irwin Weinberg Inventory

Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 9-11 November, 2016

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Category — Officials, Soft Paper

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Sale 1140, Lot 1194, Officials, Soft Paper3c Agriculture, Soft Paper (O95). Matching top and bottom imprint and plate no. 57 blocks of 20 with selvage at sides, representing the complete top two and bottom two rows of the 100-subject plate, original gum, top block with h.r. in corner selvage and two hinged stamps, balance Mint N.H., bottom block with h.r. in selvage which extends to or barely touches four stamps, balance Mint N.H., brilliant color, very well-centered for such large multiples

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. THIS MATCHED PAIR OF TOP AND BOTTOM PLATE BLOCKS OF 20 ARE THE ONLY TWO PLATE BLOCKS WE RECORD OF THE 3-CENT AGRICULTURE ON SOFT PAPER. THESE ARE GREAT RARITIES OF OFFICIAL STAMPS AND PLATE BLOCK COLLECTING.

The 3c Agriculture Issue was printed from a single plate, numbered 57. A review using Power Search and named-sale auction catalogs failed to find another plate block of O95. This matched pair of plate blocks of 20 is a great rarity of the Officials Issues and of plate block collecting.

Scott Retail for Mint N.H. and hinged singles without premium for the plate blocks

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