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Item# 14597x
Price: $150
CSA 6-U-1a, Ward Private Printings 5¢ blue pane of 100, (AKA Philadelphia Printings) made from the 5¢ De La Rue printing plate carried on the blockade runner Bermuda. The plate never reached the Confederacy, as it was captured by the U.S.S. Mercedita and became a prize of war. The plate was acquired by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia in March 1954 from which prints were privately made on the order of Philip H. Ward, Jr. The Franklin Institute sold it to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in April 2011 and is currently on display in the William H. Gross Gallery. Printings were also made in black but the blue is the more desirable one. It can be extremely deceptive to collectors unfamiliar with it. They were printed in sheets of 400 and then cut to panes of 100 as original sheets were for the Confederacy. They are ungummed. CSA Catalog Value $150 for the pane. The width is a bit wide for the scanner bed so side margins may appear smaller than actual. $150.