GUAM, 1899, $1.00 Black, Ty. I (12). Bottom imprint and plate no. 76 block of six, tropicalized original gum, intense shade and impression

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF THE 1899 $1.00 TYPE I OVERPRINT. THIS IS THE RAREST OF ALL GUAM PLATE BLOCKS -- ONLY FIVE ARE KNOWN.

Our records and those of Lewis Kaufman contain only five plate blocks, all from the bottom position of Plate 76: 1) ex Lilly and our 1989 Guam sale, slightly tropicalized gum, perfs just touch at top; 2) ex Tows and Wampler, interleaving adhering, perfs just touch at top; 3) ex Whitpain, slightly tropicalized gum, single short perf at extreme bottom edge of selvage; 4) ex Colonel Green (Sale 28, lot 1588), tropicalized gum, choice centering; and 5) ex Colonel Green (Sale 28, lot 1589), the block offered here

Ex Colonel Green

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