24c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR96). Block of four with bottom imprint selvage, original gum, we conservatively described this as lightly hinged in two previous offerings but the P.F. certificate obtained after it last sold states Mint N.H., brilliant color, right stamps with a small natural gum crease, bottom stamps trivial natural inclusions

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED IMPRINT BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1894 24-CENT UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPER ISSUE.

As this marvelous position multiple shows, the 1894 Bureau printing was made from the old plates of the American and Continental Bank Note Companies. The plates were re-entered, and there are also other differences in the printings, including the paper and gum. This issue was not in service for very long before the new plates were ready for the Bureau-produced issue of 1895.

Ex "Whitpain" and Schwenk. With 2014 P.F. certificate stating Mint N.H. Scott value as four Mint N.H. singles without premium for the imprint.

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