Lot
2296 
1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate printing, top plate 14854 block of six, tied by First Day "Marion, Ohio, Sep 1, 9am, 1923" machine and duplex cancels on legal-size mourning cover with "War Department, Washington D.C." imprint addressed to Edward Worden, Millburn N.J., blank matching letterhead enclosure, Very Fine and rare. Planty No. 15E. Scott No. 610 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $425
Lot
2297
1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate printing, top plate 14853 block of six, tied by First Day "Marion, Ohio, Sep 1, 9am, 1923" machine and duplex cancels on legal-size mourning cover with "Department of State, Washington" imprint addressed to Edward Worden, Millburn N.J., blank matching letterhead enclosure; minor abrasion top right margin, Very Fine and rare. Planty No. 15B. Scott No. 610 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $350
Lot
2298 
1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate printing, horizontal pair, imperf vertically, o.g., hinged, quite well centered for this, few light gum creases, Very Fine, ex-Grunin; signed Ward, with 1972 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 610a $2,000.
A VERY RARE 20TH CENTURY ERROR FOR THE SPECIALIST.
Only one pane of 100 was ever discovered. This is one of the better centered pairs out there, most examples being shifted strongly downward, many having the perfs cutting into the design at the bottom. Scott's value is for examples in the grade of Fine.
Realized: $1,600
Lot
2299 /
1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate printing, horizontal pair, imperf vertically, a marvelous perfectly centered o.g. strip of 3, the right pair never hinged (left stamp barely so), Extremely Fine. Scott No. 610a $2,000 for a hinged pair.
QUITE POSSIBLY THE FINEST EXAMPLE EXTANT.
Only one pane of 100 was ever discovered. Most examples are shifted strongly downward, many having the perfs cutting into the design at the bottom. Scott's value is for examples in the grade of Fine.
Realized: $1,350
Lot
2300 
1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate printing, imperforate error, left margin plate no. "14870" block of 12, o.g., never hinged (short gum at left with a few light natural gum bends), large margins, fresh with deep color, Very Fine. Scott No. 610b $25,000 for plate block of 6.
ONE OF THREE KNOWN PLATE BLOCKS OF THE 1923 2¢ HARDING IMPERFORATE ERROR ISSUE WITH PLATE NUMBER "14870" - A PLATE THAT WAS SOLELY USED FOR THE PERFORATED FLAT PLATE ISSUE.
A single imperforate pane of 100 from plate 14870 was discovered in a post office pad of 100 panes of normal perforated stamps. Despite the fact that the pane had been "blue-penciled" for destruction at the Bureau, it had somehow been distributed with the normal panes. A month and a half later, when the 2¢ black Harding was officially issued imperforate (Scott #611), it was printed from a different set of plates, thereby allowing only the imperforates with plate number 14870 attached to be positively identified as coming from the error sheet. All others became indistinguishable from the regularly issued imperforates.
Realized: $11,000