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Sale 117
Lot 922
U.S.; General Issues, 1917, 5¢ Carmine Error, Imperf, #485, n.h., error in middle in 2¢ (#482) horizontal strip of 3, perfect gum with excellent margins all round, choice example, Grade 90 Extremely Fine and rare. During the course of production of the normal 2¢ plate No. 7942, three positions were noted to be defective. The plate was returned to the siderographer, who burnished out the three positions and mistakenly re-entered them using a transfer roll for the 5¢ stamp. The error passed unnoticed and the sheets were issued to the public Perf 10, Imperforate and Perf 11 (#467, 485 and 505). The imperforate is by far the rarest of the three. 2007 P.F. cert for block of 6, 2018 P.S.E. (graded) for strip of 3.
SMQ $19,000.
Estimate $14,000-16,000.
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