Lot
298 
Special Delivery, 1893, 10¢ orange, bottom margin plate block of 8 with plate number "73" and imprint, o.g., never hinged, stamps well centered throughout, rich brilliant color, natural s.e. at right, natural gum crease affecting bottom right pair, Extremely Fine.Scott No. E3 $16,500.
AN EXTREMELY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1893 10¢ SPECIAL DELIVERY ISSUE - ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.
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.