15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Block of twenty with left sheet margin and part of dividing guide at lower left, Positions 11-15/41-45 in sheet of 100 (left pane, second through fifth rows), marvelous rich colors and impression, extraordinarily well-centered throughout, the upper half of the block is Extremely Fine, original gum, Positions 21-23 and 31-34 are Mint N.H., faint crease affects Positions 31-35 (second row from bottom) and 41 (bottom left), Positions 42 and 43 small creases, minor hinge remnants or disturbance on a few stamps in top and bottom rows, few minor perf separations sensibly reinforced

FINE-VERY FINE. A BLOCK OF 20 IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE 15-CENT TYPE II 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. A WONDERFUL SHOWPIECE.

We record four unused blocks of 20:

1) Block of 20 with selvage at left, from our 2002 Rarities sale and ex Wingate (Siegel Sale 1180), the block offered here

2) Bottom right corner selvage with imprint and plate no., ex previous Rarities sales (including 1977), Walske and Dr. Heimburger

3) Block of 20 with bottom right selvage and imprint and plate no. 23, centered strongly to bottom and right, originally a block of 33 and reduced in size to a block of 20 sometime after our 1966 Stern sale (Siegel Sale 309, lot 144)

4) Block of 20, centered to bottom right, offered in our 1999 Rarities sale

The block of 20, ex Worthington and Caspary, has been broken.

Ex Wingate. With 2002 P.F. certificate. Scott value $78,000.00 as four blocks of four and two pairs

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