Sale 1247 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 14-15 December, 2021
Category — 1913-15 Panama-Pacific Issue (Scott 397-404)
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5c Blue, Panama-Pacific (399). Mint N.H. wide bottom plate no. 6133 block of six, deep rich color, far better centering than normally encountered with extra wide margins at top and bottom which nicely frame the block, bottom left stamp single unpunched perfVERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED WIDE BOTTOM PLATE BLOCK OF THE 5-CENT PANAMA-PACIFIC PERF 12 ISSUE.
A Power Search review found only two other Mint N.H. wide bottom plate blocks. This example has far better centering than the others we have encountered.
3,200
3,250