$1.00 Black, Types I-II-II (261-261A-261A). Bottom sheet margin strip of three with imprint and plate no. 76, left stamp Type I and right pair Type II, original gum, h.r. where few perfs sensibly reinforced, bright shade

FINE AND RARE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF THE $1.00 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU TYPES I AND II.

The $1.00 1894-95 plate -- comprising 200 subjects arranged in two panes of 100 -- included five vertical columns of Type II (50 subjects). The left half of one pane was made up of Type I stamps, and the right half of the same pane comprised Type II stamps. The other pane was entirely Type I. Therefore, where the imprint and plate number appears at top and bottom, the two stamps at right are Type II, and the one stamp at left is Type I. Combination pairs and strips, which exist only between fifth and sixth columns, are extremely rare and desirable. Plate number strips and blocks are of even greater rarity, and only a small number of the 1894 unwatermarked issue exist.

Last offered in our 1967 Rarities sale where acquired by the current owner. With 1965 P.F. certificate

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