10c Orange, Special Delivery (E3). Mint N.H. wide bottom right corner selvage imprint and plate no. 552 block of eight, choice centering and radiant color, tiny perf thin in selvage at lower right not affecting the plate block selvage and not mentioned on certificate, which does mention two stamps with light natural gum wrinkles (utterly inconsequential)

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1893 10-CENT COLUMBIAN SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE.

There are perhaps a dozen plate blocks known of the 1893 Issue, Scott E3, which is an extension of the Columbian Issue commemoratives. Two plates were used to print this issue--the same two plates that were used to print Scott E2. Our informal survey of the records of The Philatelic Foundation and auction catalogues found ten, plus two contained in a pane which may no longer be intact. The plate block offered here is one of only two we could find from the bottom right position of Plate 552.

Ex Gross. With 2023 P.S.E. certificate.

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