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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 28° |  |
 1c Blue, Type I-Ib-Ib (5-5A-5A). Positions 7-8-9R1E, single Type I and pair of Type Ib forming an unused horizontal strip of three, beautiful bright Plate 1 Early shade and impression, ample to large margins
mostly all aroundTHE ONLY RECORDED SOUND AND UNUSED ONE-CENT 1851 TYPE I STAMP AND THE KEY TO A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF UNUSED CLASSIC UNITED STATES ISSUES The elusive 1851 1c Type I stamp owes its desirability to the fact that, among the many design variations created by the firm of Toppan, Carpenter & Casilear in laying down the plates used to print the imperforate 1c stamps, only one position - the 7th stamp in the top row of the right side of Plate 1 Early (7R1E) - shows the complete design with full ornamentation at top and bottom. All other positions (199 in Plate 1E and 800 in total for Plates 1 Late, 2, 3 and 4) required some degree of erasure in order to accomodate the size of the printing plate. Considering this tremendous statistical rarity (a ratio of 1:999) and the brief period of use for Plate 1 Early (it was reworked into Plate 1 Late one year after production), collectors seeking to show an imperfoate stamp with the complete design (Type I, Scott 5) are faced with approximately 100 examples, with all but three in used condition. Of the unused examples, only the stamp offered in this sale is sound. The unused Type I and its companion Type Ib pair were offered as an intact strip during the series of Ferrary sales. The strip was acquired by an agent for Arthur Hind and remained intact when sold to Sir Nicholas Waterhouse in the 1933 Hind sale. Waterhouse severed the single Type I from the strip and offered it during World War II in one of the charity auctions in England held on behalf of the Red Cross and St. John Fund. When the Waterhouse collection was sold at auction in 1955, Raymond H. Weill flew to London with the specific goal of acquiring the Type Ib pair, which he planned to re-unite with the Type I single. Since then, the strip has remained together and has appeared at auction only once, when our firm offered the Rudolf G. Wunderlich collection of United States Classics (Sale 484). In that sale the single and pair realized $57,500 and $4,500 (versus 1976 Scott Catalogue value of $22,500 and $2,950, respectively). The 1994 Scott valuation for an unused Type I is $200,000, the Type Ib is priced at $13,000 for Position 8R1E and $8,500 for Position 9R1E, for a total Scott value of $221,500. With 1955 P.F. certificate for the Type Ib pair and 1987 P.F. certificate for the Type I. Ex Ferrary, Hind, Waterhouse and Wunderlich (Image Magnifier) |
221,500.00 | 170,000.00 |
| 29° | |
 1c Blue, Type Ia (6). Position 100R4, large part original gum, large margins showing part of adjoining stamp at left, deep rich Plate 4 color and impression, exceptional freshness, a faint brown spot on
the gum noted in accompanying certificate, really negligible and still an Extremely Fine example of this rare stamp, almost unobtainable as a sound single with original gum, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
22,500.00 | 26,000.00 |
| 30° | |
 1c Blue, Type II (7). Plate 2 bottom sheet margin copy with
large even margins all around, original gum, Extremely Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
575.00 | 1,100.00 |
| 31° | |
 1c Blue, Type III, Position 99R2 (8). Original gum, extra large bottom and lefthand margins, fresh and Very Fine example of the rare and desirable Position 99R2, showing the widest breaks of any Type III
stamp, ex Caspary and Lilly as part of a strip of three, with 1977 and 1990 P.F. certificates (Image
Magnifier) |
11,000.00 | 14,000.00 |
| 32° | |
 1c Blue, Type IIIa (8A). Unused,
large margins with trace of imprint at right, marvelous deep rich color and impression, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 1988 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
2,600.00 | 3,250.00 |
| 33° | |
 1c Blue, Type IV (9). Position 7R1L, the recut version of Type I
Position 7R from Plate 1 Early, unused, large even margins, Extremely Fine "Gem" (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 0.00 |
| 34° | |
 1c Blue, Type IV (9). Original gum, large even margins incl. part right sheet
margin, rich color, fresh and Extremely Fine (Image Magnifier) |
425.00 | 600.00 |
| 35° | |
 3c Orange Brown (10). Unused, ample even margins, minor corner crease at top right, otherwise Very Fine
(Image Magnifier) |
1,250.00 | 600.00 |
| 36° | |
 3c Rose Red, Brownish Carmine (11). Two, each with part original gum, ample to large margins, Very Fine
(Image Magnifier) |
260.00 | 290.00 |
| 37° | |
 5c Red Brown (12). Unused, ample to large margins, rich color, Very
Fine, a rare stamp in unused condition, with 1977 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
9,000.00 | 5,750.00 |
| 38° | |
 10c Green, Type I (13). Three large margins
showing part of sheet margin, close at top, traces of original gum, fresh and Very Fine, with 1990 P.F. certificate (Image
Magnifier) |
9,000.00 | 0.00 |