Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 1895 Watermarked and 1897-1903 Change of Colors Bureau Issues (Scott 264-284)
$1.00 Black, Ty. I-II (276-276A). Mint N.H. wide top imprint and plate no. 76 strip of three, left stamp Ty. I, middle and right stamps Ty. II, intense shade, choice margins and centering, fresh in every respectVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF THE 1895 $1.00 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE, COMBINING TYPES I AND II.
The $1.00 1894-1895 Bureau Issue was printed in plates of 200 subjects. The plate consisted of fifteen vertical rows of Type I and five vertical rows of Type II, which accounts for the scarcity of Type II compared with Type I. There are only ten positions on the plate which yield combination pairs, and only two which yield imprint and plate number multiples. This Mint N.H. strip is an exceptional rarity and the first we have offered in at least 25 years. This strip was held for generations after being purchased from the post office in the 1890s.
With 2019 P.S.E. certificate for a strip of ten. Unpriced in Scott as Mint N.H. Scott value for three Mint N.H. singles, which does not convey the rarity of this piece
