Lot
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Special Delivery, 1893, 10¢ orange, bottom right corner margin plate no. "73" block of 8 with imprint, o.g., very lightly hinged, three stamps never hinged, outstanding rich deep color and exceptional freshness, some usual gum wrinkling affecting one stamp, F.-V.F. Scott No. E3 $13,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1893 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE.
Both plates of the 1888 10¢ Special Delivery Issue were reused in January 1893 to print the issue in orange to avoid confusion with the blue 1¢ Columbian stamp. It is believed that approximately a dozen plate blocks of the 1893 Special Delivery issue exist.
Realized: $9,000