13c Bluish Green, Bluish (365). Top imprint and plate no. 4945 block of six with wide selvage, positions 1 and 4-6 Mint N.H., small h.r. straddling positions 2-3, rich color on deep Bluish Paper, top row with unusually wide margins and choice centering

VERY FINE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE WIDE TOP PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 1909 13-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.

Lewis Kaufman records seven plate blocks of the 13c Bluish Paper -- three from the top, three from the left and one from the bottom. In addition to these plate blocks, there is one complete pane of 100 in private hands (4942 UL, ex Weill Stock) and another complete pane (4945 UR) is in the “Postmaster General’s Collection” at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, which is the pane reported by Boggs from the Post Office Department files.

This plate block was probably acquired by W. Parsons Todd from one of the original dispersals, circa 1910-14, and was owned by him for more than 60 years, thus explaining its extraordinary freshness.

Ex Todd. With 2017 P.F. certificate

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