Scotts #276 US stamps

#276 - 1895 Watermarked Type I $1

$1
Black, grayish black, greenish black
TYPE I

Printing Method: Engraved
Subject: Commodore Oliver Perry
Number issued: 192,449
Perforations: P12
Watermark: Double Line USPS
Scott #: 276
Issued: August 12th, 1895

Value

Used
$35 - $80
No postmark with gum (MH)
$130 - $180
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$650 - $2,100

Plate #'s

#276 was issued with the following plate #

200 subject plates
76

I can find no record of a plate block of six

#276b

#276b
Type I Imperforate

#276b Value for pairs

Used
No sales recorded
No postmark with gum (MH)
$1,000
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
No sales recorded

Triangles in the corner

As this was the Bureau of Printing and Engraving contract a small triangle was cut into the design at top left and top right in order to distinguish this printing from the earlier 1890 series