5c Carmine, Imperforate, Error (485). Mint N.H. single error in block of twelve, with sheet margin with arrow at right and significant portions of thirteen other 2c stamps, radiant color

EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1917 5-CENT CARMINE IMPERFORATE ERROR IN A LARGE MULTIPLE.

During the course of production of the normal 2c plate number 7942, three positions were noted to be defective. The plate was returned to the siderographer, who burnished out the three positions and mistakenly re-entered them using a transfer roll for the 5c stamp. The error passed unnoticed and the sheets were issued to the public in Perf 10, Imperforate and Perf 11 formats (Scott 467, 485 and 505). The imperforate is by far the rarest of the three.

Scott value as single error in block of nine

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