unused block of six, positions 2-4 of both rows, full margins except just in at bottom right, faint horizontal crease in bottom row, few negligible wrinkles and toned specks, very fine, an extraordinary item, only 22 Pleasant Shade stamps are recorded in total, this being the only multiple larger than a pair (an unused pair and a pair on cover exist, the latter of which realized $75,000 in the Erivan Collection Part VI), one of the greatest and most iconic rarities of Confederate States, this block represents over a quarter of all surviving examples of this stamp (Scott $42,500)

Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary (H.R. Harmer Sale 991, 1956)

Josiah K. Lilly (R.A. Siegel Sale 317, 1967)