5c Carmine, Imperforate, Error (485). Mint N.H. double error in block of twelve, huge margins all around with significant portions of all 18 adjoining stamps, luminous color on post office fresh paper

EXTREMELY FINE. AN INCOMPARABLE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT IMPERFORATE DOUBLE ERROR IN A BLOCK OF TWELVE. A MOST IMPRESSIVE MULTIPLE.

During the course of production of the normal 2c plate No. 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 Perf 10, Imperforate and Perf 11 (Scott 467, 485 and 505). The imperforate is by far the rarest of the three.

With 2002 P.S.E. certificate

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