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Item# 18845
Price: $400
CSA 12-KB, 10¢ deep blue GUTTER BLOCK of 4 with TEXTILE MARKS plus CHILLED PLATE variety, original gum, some gum creasing, top pair very lightly hinged, bottom pair never hinged. SCV for 2 gutter pairs $250 plus 4 textile mark varieties $200, not including the premium for chilled plate variety cataloged in the CSA Catalog. Showy! $400.
TEXTILE MARKS have the appearance of laid-paper lines but are caused by the worn felt in the water-removal belts in the paper-making machinery. Such varieties are considerably scarcer than normal issues. Scott began listing them as such in the 2020 Specialized Catalogue and future CSA catalogs will doubtless carry such listings as well. See full explanation in the Kaufmann article in the 2Q 2019 Confederate Philatelist. SCV for CSA 12, unused Textile Marks variety is $50, used $75, on cover valued at 3 times regular cover value.