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Sale 1092 — Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 19-20 February, 2015
Category — 1894-1903 Bureau Issues (Scott 246-284)
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1211°
$1.00 Black, Ty. I-II (276-276A). Block of four, left stamps Ty. I, right stamps Ty. II, original gum, intense shade on fresh paperFINE. A RARE BLOCK OF THE 1895 $1.00 WATERMARKED ISSUE, WITH THE LEFT STAMPS TYPE I AND THE RIGHT STAMPS TYPE II.
The plate of the $1.00 1894-1895 Bureau Issue consisted of fifteen vertical rows of Type I and five vertical rows of Type II, which accounts for the scarcity of Type II compared with Type I. There are only ten positions on the plate which yield combination pairs -- between the fifth and sixth rows of the right pane.
With 2014 P.F. certificate
6,000
1,900
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