Lot 1337
 
1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate, Imperf Error (610b), top margin plate no 14870 block of 15, original gum, never hinged, natural gum crease, Bureau blue crayon marks at bottom, Very Fine.
Scott $25,000
A MAGNIFICENT 20TH CENTURY RARITY, ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN IMPERFORATE PLATE BLOCKS FROM PLATE 14870, A PLATE ONLY USED FOR THE PERF. 11 FLAT PLATE STAMPS.
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.
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