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264172 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #QE1a [1928 10c green (dark), Normal Paper, Wet Print, Special Handling] NEVER HINGED right plate number 19554 block of 6 with wide margin. XF/Superb overall centering with four stamps that individually would qualify for XF/Superb. Usual minor staple hole in margin. Typical trivial natural gum skips. A spectacular plate block that is quite hard to find so nicely centered. (Scott 2023 is $60 EACH for individual XF/Superb-95 stamps!) ACTUAL item. |
139.00 |
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264173 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #QE2a [1928 15c green (dark), Normal Paper, Wet Print, Special Handling] NEVER HINGED left plate number 19560 block of 6 with wide margin. VF/XF centering -- extremely nice centering for this block. Usual small staple hole in margin. An outstanding example! ACTUAL item. |
44.00 |
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259360 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #QE2b [1928 15c light green, Dry Print, Special Handling] NEVER HINGED top margin block of 4 with plate number 19560, with VF/XF centering. While singles of this stamp are not "scarce", full plate blocks of six are somewhat scarce (Scott 2023 value $135 for a NH plate block of six). Even plate number singles or smaller blocks, such as this, are not often offered. ACTUAL item. |
39.00 |
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269893 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #QE3b [1928 20c green, Dry Print, Special Handling] NEVER HINGED left plate number 19544 block of 6. Centering F-VF to VF, with typical natural gum skips. Very sharp engraving with high relief. (Scott 2023 $150 for NH.) ACTUAL item. |
89.00 |
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249582 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #QE4a [1928 25c yellow green Special Handling] Used with F-VF+ centering and neat roller cancellation. Guideline (faint) and natural straight edge at top, from the top row of a lower pane. Scott #QE1-5 were printed in sheets of 120 consisting of 10 columns and 20 rows, divided by cutting along guidelines into four panes of 50, consisting of 5 columns and 10 rows. The cutting often seems to have been done on one side or the other of the guideline, resulting in many straight edge examples bearing 100% of the guideline and its mate from the adjacent pane bearing no guideline. At least on some printings (these were printed over a period of time on different paper types, thus there may be differences in plate layout as well), the guidelines terminate in arrows in the outer perforated pane margins on all four sides; arrow-margin examples are hard to find. Including the 4 corner positions at the center of the 200-sheet, 20 stamps out of every 200-sheet had the natural straight edge and guideline at the right (and same for at left). Including the 4 corner positions at the center of the 200-sheet, 10 stamps out of every 200-sheet had the natural straight edge and guideline at the top (and same for at bottom). Examples with a one straight edge, end especially corner straight edge positions, are now hard to find and mostly come from old collections. (Most straight edge and guideline stamps were used for postage rather than going into collections; and of those that remained, many have been reperforated to remove the straight edge.) I think that collecting the guideline and straight-edge positions is quite challenging and rewarding. Properly canceled Used examples of this yellow-green stamp can be hard to find. (Scott 2025 value $22.50.) ACTUAL item. |
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22.50 |
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264175 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #QE4a [1928 25c yellow green (bright) Special Handling] NEVER HINGED left plate number 17097 block of 6. VF/XF centering. Outstanding example of a very scarce plate block. Usual staple hole in margin. (Scott 2023 $360 for NH plate block.) ACTUAL item. |
295.00 |
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269894 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott #QE4a [1928 25c yellow green Special Handling] NEVER HINGED bottom plate number 17098 block of 6 with wide margin. VF centered and wonderfully fresh! (Scott 2023 $360 for NH.) ACTUAL item. |
320.00 |
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