5¢ Rose, Error (505), single error at center of block of nine, bright color, tied by "Cincinnati, Ohio, Stockyards Sta. Jun. 8 11AM 1922" duplex datestamps on large registered cover to Leiden, Holland, purple "Registered" handstamp with pencil registry number, New York (June 9) datestamps on back, Leiden receiving datestamp on back (June 20), top right 2¢ stamp light corner crease, few edge tears and edgewear, Very Fine, a rare and desirable cover to Holland with the 5¢ Rose Perf 11 error, especially desirable as a block of nine--according to the updated census of 5¢ Red error covers published by Kevin G. Lowther in 2012 in The United States Specialist, only three No. 505 covers to foreign countries are recorded, and only four or five with blocks of nine containing the single error are known on covers (this is no. 102), no covers are known with the double error, illustrated in September 1984 The United States Specialist (p. 423)

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