1865, 5c Blue on Blue, "Interisland", Tete Beche (22a). Plate 12-A, Types VI/IV/II/III/I and I/III/II/IV/VI in a tete-beche pane of ten, (Westerberg Positions 2/4/6/8/10 for each vertical row), original gum, h.r., ample to large margins, fresh color on nicely blued paper, horizontal crease mostly in margin between stamps

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. THE FINER OF THE TWO RECORDED TETE-BECHE PANES OF TEN OF THE 1865 5-CENT "INTERISLAND" NUMERAL ISSUE. AN OUTSTANDING RARITY.

Apart from the Post Office sheet of 25 offered in our Honolulu Advertiser sale, we record only two tete-beche panes of ten. The other pane, offered in the Honolulu Advertiser sale in 1995 and in our William H. Gross Sale in 2016, has similar margins with a thin speck and a few age bleach spots. This is the finer of the two.

Ex Tows and Aall. With 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as five tete-beche pairs with no premium for the full pane

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