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Any opinions on this block of 4 would be appreciated. They look mint to me. Since there are no plates attached to the side, I'm assuming this is not called a plate block, so not worth as much. Thank you.   |
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Nice looking block, but not centered very well. Is this what you wanted to know?
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Yes, thanks. I'm looking for all opinions as I'm trying to learn about these. I've seen them listed as Average Block instead of Plate Block. I'm guessing original adhesive and no hinge would be accurate as well. There is writing on the back, this is what was also written on the auction sheet as well. Cat. value $3.50 and Cat no. 286. They sold in 1940 for $1.10. |
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thryan, from your posts I understand that you do not know what a plate block is? A plate block is a block of four or more that still has some selvedge attached and shows a plate number on it. Your block is just that, a block of 4.
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it looks to me like some of the perfs are separating. this would lower the value. |
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thryan, not quite a block but here is a plate pair of the 1¢ Trans-Mississippi issue, as you can see it's plate 598.  |
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Those are cool, stallzer. I posted these stamps earlier in this forum. What would this be called, as there is no plate number but there is a selvedge attached?  |
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I believe the "TEN" was added later in 1913 because postal employees were having difficulty distinguishing between the various parcel post sheets quickly, since all denominations had the same color. Thus earlier sheets did not have the values spelled out in the margins. I would keep the specimen intact to tell the story. |
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Thryan, this would be described as a block of 4, avg-fine centering, unused OG (or unused OG NH if in fact they are NH--IMO they cannot be called mint because of the writing on the back). It looks like there is a center line above the top two stamps, but I do not know enough about this issue to say if it was normal to find perforations along the center lines or not. |
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It differs from issue to issue, but in the Trans-Miss stamps, the horizontal guide lines are perforated, vertical guide lines are straight-edge cuts. |
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Posted 03/06/2018 4:43 pm
