Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins

Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020

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Category — 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 246-263)

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Sale 1227, Lot 2953, 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (Scott 246-263)2c Carmine Lake, Ty. I (249). Mint N.H. wide top imprint and plate no. 80 block of six, vibrant color, slightly short gumming at top of top row

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED WIDE TOP PLATE BLOCK OF THE 2-CENT CARMINE LAKE 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE.

A Power Search review reveals the rarity of this issue in the wide top plate block format. Since our Sale 814 in 1999 we have offered only two other Mint N.H. top plate blocks of Scott 249 and only one of those was a wide top.

With 2019 P.F. certificate

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