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 An attractive top position plate block of twelve of
the 3¢ Vermilion 1887 IssueDESCRIPTION 3¢ Vermilion (214), block of twelve from top of right pane with "AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY" imprint and "No. 421"plate number, original gum, lightly hinged, brilliant
color CONDITION NOTES Very Fine; some perf separations sensibly and expertly reinforced, including the vertical perforations between third and fourth columns SCOTT CATALOGUE VALUE (2019) $1,500.00 (Image) Search for comparables at
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E. $ 400-500
SOLD for $1,300.00
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 An impressive top plate block of twelve of the 5¢
Indigo 1888 IssueDESCRIPTION 5¢ Indigo (216), block of twelve from top of right pane with"AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY" imprint, letter "K", "No. 540" plate number and guide arrow, several stamps in top row Mint
N.H., others original gum, choice centering, deep rich color PROVENANCE Siegel Auction Galleries, 1983 Rarities of the World, 4/23/1983, Sale 618, lot 149 Dr. Frederick S. Fogelson, Shreves Philatelic Galleries, 2/11/2005, lot
6, to William H. Gross CONDITION NOTES Fine-Very Fine; few small hinge slivers where few perf separations sensibly reinforced, small hinge thins at top of selvage SCOTT CATALOGUE VALUE (2019) $8,750.00 (Image) Search for comparables at
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E. $ 4,000-5,000
SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 One of two recorded top position plate blocks of the
90¢ Purple 1888 Issue--an outstanding 19th century multiple from the last of the Large Bank Note Company issuesDESCRIPTION 90¢ Purple (218), block of twelve from top of right pane with "NATIONAL BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK"
imprint, "No. 23" plate number and guide arrow, first and third stamps in top row lightly hinged, other ten stamps Mint N.H., deep rich color PROVENANCE Col. Edward H. R. Green, Harmer, Rooke sale, 11/13-18/1944, lot
58 Daniel F. Kelleher sale, 5/2/1995, lot 729A CONDITION NOTES Very Fine; small tear at top edge of left selvage tab (does not affect the plate block) SCOTT CATALOGUE VALUE (2019) $24,300.00 as plate block of
twelve and a pair HISTORY AND COMMENTARY The Last Large Bank Note Stamp The 1888 American Bank Note Co. Issue in new colors (Scott 215-218) was the last of the Large Bank Note series that spanned two decades from 1870
until 1890, when the Small Bank Note Issue was released. The same plate was used for all 90¢ Bank Note stamps starting in 1870, and the imprint was never changed to reflect Continental or American Bank Note Co. printings. The series of sales of
the Colonel Edward H. R. Green collection included two lots described as complete panes of the 90¢ 1888. The first was offered as lot 58 in Part 17 (Harmer Rooke sale, 11/13-18/1944), described as "sheet of 100 (right pane)... imprint #23. Centering
fair to very fine, full gum. A beautiful sheet of the greatest rarity. It is remarkable to find that such a sheet is still in existence." The sheet was not photographed in the catalogue. In Part 25 of the Green sales, held by Eugene Costales
(2/18-21/1946), lot 511 was described as a 90¢ 1888 sheet of 100 with "Imprint and Pl. #23." Costales, one of the premier philatelic authorities of the period and editor of the Scott U.S. Specialized Catalogue for many years, commented, "We know of
only one other sheet of this stamp which does not compare with the brilliance and exceptional condition of this one." This second sheet was photographed in the catalogue. The largest recorded multiple, a top right corner selvage plate block of 20,
comes from this second sheet and was offered in our Sale 1092 in 2015. A bottom plate block of twelve, ex Eno, Hetherington and Wampler, also comes from the photographed sheet. There are two other plate blocks that likely come from the sheet in
the Green sale that was not illustrated: the plate block offered here, and a bottom plate block of ten offered in our Sale 869 in 2003. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com
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E. $ 10,000-15,000
SOLD for $15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
