United States Rarities continued...

FINE-VERY FINE. THE 50-CENT PERF 12 WITH SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE IN PLATE BLOCK FORM.

As a measure of rarity, the Wampler collection had a hinged top plate block, and the Fogelson collection did not have a Scott 421 plate block (both Shreves sales). (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE 50-CENT PERF 12 DOUBLE-LINE WATERMARKED FRANKLIN PLATE BLOCK.

With 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1914 ONE-CENT PERF 10 x 12 ISSUE.

Our census of Scott 424a contains 38 stamps. All genuine stamps are used, including 32 with the Dayton precancel.

Census No. 423D-CAN-18. With 1984 and 2004 P.F. certificates. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE IMPERFORATE PANE. THIS IS THE ONLY IMPERFORATE BOOKLET PANE IN U.S. PHILATELY.

This unusual error was first discovered in 1968. With 1990 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE IMPERFORATE PANE. THIS IS THE ONLY IMPERFORATE BOOKLET PANE IN U.S. PHILATELY.

With 1981 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 50-CENT PERF 10 WITH SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK.

The Scott 440 plate block in Shreves Wampler sale was a top margin, lightly-hinged block, but it was not nearly as well-centered as the example offered here (it realized $15,000 hammer). The superb lightly-hinged top plate block in our 2000 Rarities sale realized $35,000 hammer. This plate block falls somewhere in between.

With 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED TOP POSITION PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF THE 1915 $1.00 PERF 10 WITH DOUBLE-LINE WATERMARK.

The recent Shreve sale of the Fogelson collection of top position plate blocks described a superbly-centered Scott 460 plate block as the finest known. However, while the Fogelson block's centering is slightly superior to the plate block offered here, it had one hinged stamp (but still realized $42,500 hammer). The plate block offered here is entirely Mint N.H. and could possibly be the finest known in that state. The accompanying certificate was issued to the elusive but expert Albert F. Chang, who handled the private sale of several important collections of Mint N.H. plate blocks during the 1990's.

With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

A FINE AND RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 1915 2-CENT TYPE I VERTICAL COIL.

With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. MINT NEVER-HINGED WIDE TOP PLATE BLOCKS OF THE 4-CENT PERF 10 UNWATERMARKED ISSUE ARE EXTREMELY RARE IN THIS QUALITY.

With 1986 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF THE $5.00 MARSHALL 1917 PERF 10 ISSUE.

With 2006 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLY CHOICE PAIR OF THE RARE 2-CENT TYPE II HORIZONTAL COIL.

With 1967 and 2000 P.F. certificates (Image)