5c Indigo (216). Top imprint, plate no. 538 and letter "K" block of 12, natural s.e. and half arrow at right, original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color, diagonal crease at extreme top of selvage, some pencil notations erased from selvage

FINE-VERY FINE. A RARE PLATE BLOCK OF TWELVE OF THE 1888 5-CENT INDIGO.

A Power Search review reveals that in the past 15 years we have offered only one other plate block of Scott 216 (bottom position from the Curtis sale which had reattached plate no. selvage). The last top plate block we offered was in 2003

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