paper; ink (black and ultramarine); lightly gummed
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
May 1, 1901
Description:
top left margin plate block of 16 5-cent stamps. on top margin in blue: imprint "Bureau, Engraving and Printing"; plate number 1140; Initials "CHDJW" (blue); Plate sequence numbers in top left corner of margin "5C" printed backwards twice (blue and black ink) and superimposed