Lot 1485
 
1917, 50¢ light violet (477), right margin plate No. 7040 block of six. Crisp and intact perforations, original gum, small hinge remnant on top right, five are never hinged. Fresh and F.-V.F., an exceedingly rare plate block which is missing from most collections.
Scott $57,500
It is believed that no more than ten plate blocks of the 1917 fifty cent light violet unwatermarked exist and among these only one is a top.
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