15c Indigo (227). Mint N.H. top right imprint and plate no. 22 block of twelve, deep rich color on bright paper, top stamps with unusually wide vertical spacing, pos. 3 with small natural paper wrinkle not mentioned on accompanying certificate

FINE-VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY MINT NEVER-HINGED TOP POSITION PLATE BLOCK OF THE 15-CENT 1890 ISSUE WE HAVE OFFERED SINCE KEEPING COMPUTERIZED RECORDS. THIS IS ALSO ONLY THE SECOND PLATE BLOCK WE HAVE OFFERED IN AT LEAST 25 YEARS.

The 15c 1890 Issue was printed only from Plate 22. Plate blocks are especially rare. We have offered only one other since at least the 1990s, from the bottom position, also in Mint N.H. condition, which was a plate block of ten.

Ex Wampler and our 1973 Rarities sale. With 1998 P.F. certificate

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