30c Black (154). Block of six with left selvage, original gum, top left and top right stamps h.r., dark charcoal shade and crisp impression on fresh paper, top right stamp faint corner crease and pulled perf

FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE SHEET-MARGIN BLOCK OF THE 30-CENT UNGRILLED 1870 NATIONAL BANK NOTE ISSUE. THIS IS IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE.

A review of auction records produced four blocks of six with identical centering, offered variously as Scott 154 or 165. While this was once offered as Scott 165, we are confident that our identification of this as the 1870 National Issue is correct. Linn's U.S. Stamp Facts lists a block of four as the largest known block of Scott 154.

Ex Sinkler and Lilly. Scott value as a block of four and a pair is $52,500.00

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