1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Deep
rich color and sharp proof-like impression with large plate scratch at top
right, neat strike of grid cancel, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F.
certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18).
Light strike of grid cancel, rich color, small corner crease, Very Fine
appearance, with 1988 P.F. certificate
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1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Rich
color, choice centering, face-free circular datestamp, faint vertical
wrinkle/crease at bottom, still Very Fine
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1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19).
Position 92L4, deep rich color on bright paper, light circular datestamp,
faint vertical crease, tiny corner perf crease and couple short perfs,
otherwise Very Fine and choice example of the rare perforated 1c Type Ia (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (20).
Large part original gum, bright color, three wide margins, perfs just in at
top, long full perfs all around, Fine, with 1969 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (20).
Rich Plate 2 color, light strike of double-circle carrier datestamp, Very
Fine and choice, with 2000 P.F. certificate
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1c Blue, Ty. II (20).
Deep rich color from Plate 11, wide margins at sides, outer line at top
almost broken (this position may have become Type IIIa in later printings),
Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate
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1c Blue, Ty. III-IIIa
(21-22). Block of four, top left stamp Type III, others Type IIIa,
original gum, h.r., brilliant fresh color on bright paper, beautiful
impression, horizontal crease in top stamps, bottom right stamp has small
tear and thin spot, bottom left Type IIIa is soundEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE AND SUPERBLY CENTERED ONE-CENT 1857 COMBINATION BLOCK CONTAINING ONE TYPE III AND THREE TYPE IIIa STAMPS.
With 1984 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as a Type III-IIIa combination pair and a pair of Type IIIa (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. III (21).
Plate 4, fresh color, with adjoining margin at right, neat strike of town
circular datestamp, small corner crease at bottom left, otherwise Fine,
with 1993 P.S.E. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. III (21).
Plate 4, intense color on bright white paper, light face-free circular
datestamp, fresh and Fine, a rare stamp in sound used condition, with 1991
P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22).
Plate 11, bright and fresh color, extra wide margins at sides and choice
centering top-to-bottom with wide break at top and complete outer line at
bottom, neat strike of grid cancel leaves entire design clearly
visibleEXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE PERFORATED ONE-CENT TYPE IIIa FROM PLATE 11.
Plates 11 and 12 were probably made in June 1860, with less than six months left in Toppan, Carpenter's contract. The earliest known use from either plate is January 1861, a relatively short time before the stamps were demonetized. New transfer rolls were created to lay out plates 11 and 12. Three types are known from these plates: Type I (Scott 18 -- Plate 12 only), Type II (Scott 20) and Type IIIa (Scott 22).
As illustrations of stamps from Plate 11 and 12 in the Neinken book show, the centering and impressions of stamps from Plates 11 and 12 was rather poor ("Poor perforating was the rule rather than the exception" -- Neinken book, p. 473). The stamp offered here, with bright color, unusually wide margins at sides and with design completely free and clear of the perforations at both top and bottom, is truly a remarkable stamp.
With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)