Lot 127
 
Canal Zone 1926, 15¢ gray, sharp "A" (90), right margin block of four with plate #17432 and large 5-point star. O.g., lightly hinged. Slightly heavy gum breaker creases. Very Fine and an exceedingly rare plate block, listed by Scott only as a plate block of four but not priced. CZSG 90.B.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED PLATE BLOCKS OF FOUR AND THE ONLY ONE FROM PLATE 17432. THERE ARE NO RECORDED PLATE BLOCKS OF SIX (SEE THE NEXT LOT).
Only 142 sheets of 400 from four star plates (#17430, 17431, 17432 and 17433) were sent to the Canal Zone, with the star being printed only in the right margin of the upper right pane. Hence, a combined total of only 142 star plate blocks from all four plates could ever have existed .
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| Realized $3,250 |
