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VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A GORGEOUS ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF 16 OF THE PHILIPPINES 1901 $1.00 ISSUE. THIS MAY WELL BE THE LARGEST MULTIPLE IN EXISTENCE.
Ex Todd. Scott Retail as four blocks of four (Image)
FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE COMBINATION IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER STRIP OF THREE COMBINING TYPE I AND II. A GREAT RARITY OF THE ISSUE, WHICH DOES NOT EXIST AS A FULL PLATE BLOCK.
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. When one factors in the Philippines overprint, the rarity increases exponentially.
Ex Todd. Scott Catalogue lists but does not price this as a plate block of six. We sent an inquiry to the editor of Scott Catalogue, James E. Kloetzel, who told us that it was listed in the first edition to price Philippines plate blocks (1937) and that it has had a dash ever since. They have no evidence that one exists and it will likely be delisted in a few years. (Image)