#837 1938 3ยข Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial
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Basic Info
3¢ BrightViolet
Subject: Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 65,939,500
Scott #: 837
Issued: July 15th, 1938
Value
Used
< 5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
5¢ - 10¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
25¢ - $1
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR (MNH)
$1 - $2.50
Plate #'s
#837 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
22027-30
Notable Sales
Planty #57, Dorothy Knapp hand-painted add-on cachet, rare, this is the actual cover listed in Planty and one of only two know covers (both have different designs)
Sold March 2005 for $2,832
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The Inspiration for the Design
The source the stamp's vignette is the “Gutzon Borglum statue "March Westward of the Nation', which stands in Marietta, Ohio.
A full pane
A pane of 100 stamps, there were two panes to a sheet of 200
First Day Cover
A first day cover, dated July 15th, 1938
Proofs
837-P2
Small die proof on India
837-P2
837-TC1
Trial color proof on India die sunk on card
837-TC1
1938 Issues
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