1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A).
Position 8R1E, large margins to touched showing complete design at top
(identifying characteristic of the type), pretty Plate 1E color, detailed
impression, light strike of town circular datestamp leaves design clearly
visibleVERY FINE AND CHOICE. THIS STAMP COMES FROM ONE OF THE TWO POSITIONS ON THE PLATE THAT YIELD THE BEST EXAMPLE OF TYPE Ib.
Type Ib was only produced as an imperforate stamp. Six positions on the plate furnished stamps qualifying as Type Ib -- Positions 3-6R and 8-9R -- distinguished by the complete design at top and nearly complete design at bottom. Positions 6 and 8R have the most complete design of the Type Ib positions.
With 1976 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A).
Position 8R1E, huge margins to just in at bottom right incl. sheet
margin at top and part of adjoining stamp at left, light strike of town
datestamp leaves design clearly visibleVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ib FROM ONE OF THE TWO MOST DESIRABLE POSITIONS.
With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6).
Position 95L4, huge margins all around, deep rich Plate 4 color on crisp
paper, detailed impression, neat circular datestamp struck at right leaves
design clearly visibleEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1851 ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE IA STAMP.
Type Ia was produced from only 18 of the bottom-row positions on Plate 4. Examples with four full margins are rare. This stamp, in sound condition with enormous margins all around, is one of the finest extant.
With 1987 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6).
Positions 94-95R4, horizontal pair, large margins incl. part of adjoining
stamp at left, lefthand stamp with bottom plumes just touched, right stamp
with left plume intact and right plume just slightly cut in, deep rich
Plate 4 color, detailed impression, neat circular datestampVERY FINE PAIR. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND CHOICE USED MULTIPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE IA IMPERFORATE.
Stamps printed from Plate 4 were issued in April, May and briefly in June 1857 before perforations were introduced. The relatively small number of imperforate Plate 4 stamps issued during this period explains the rarity and desirability of any of the imperforate stamp types produced from this plate (Ia, Ic, II, III and IIIa). The extremely rare Type Ia, showing the full design at bottom, was furnished only by 18 of the 200 subjects on Plate 4 (the remaining two bottom-row positions were sub-type Ic).
With 1987 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Original gum, lightly hinged, huge margins all around incl. sheet margin
at bottom, pretty Plate 1 Early colorEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM BOTTOM SHEET-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE II FROM PLATE 1 EARLY.
Stamps from Plate 1E, which produced the first 1c 1851's issued, are very scarce in original-gum condition and typically are toned or stained. This stamp is among the freshest and brightest Plate 1E examples we have encountered with original gum.
With 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. III (8).
Positions 69-70L4, horizontal pair, huge margins incl. right sheet
margin, parts of adjoining stamps at top and left, ample at bottom
right, deep rich Plate 4 color, neat strike of large circular datestamp,
wide breaks at top and bottom of both stampsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB AND RARE PAIR OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE III IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
A small number of imperforate sheets from Plate 4 were issued before perforations were intruduced in 1857. Examples of the Type III imperforate are very scarce, and pairs are extremely rare, because only a few Type III positions were located together on Plate 4. The left stamp is probably one of the finest copies of this stamp in existence, but the extreme rarity of Type III imperforate multiples has even greater significance.
With 1970 and 1995 P.F. certificates (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. IV (9).
L-shaped block of four, Mint N.H., enormous margins incl.
significant parts of eight adjoining stamps, deep rich color and sharp
impressionEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL MULTIPLE CONTAINING FOUR SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED STAMPS EACH WITH ENORMOUS MARGINS.
The digitally-cropped image below shows that if this multiple were reduced, it would yield what is unquestionably the finest Mint Never-Hinged pair in existence. A truly remarkable multiple with extraordinarily tempting potential.
With 1990 P.F. certificate for block of twelve. Scott Retail as strip of three and single in hinged condition (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. IV (9).
Vertical block of six, original gum, lightly hinged, large margins on three
sides, barely touched at top, dark shade and proof-like impressionA CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE IV, CONTAINING AN EXTREMELY FINE GEM BLOCK OF FOUR.
With 2002 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as block and pair (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. IV (9).
Block of fourteen, Positions 8-10/18-20/28-30/38-40/49-50L1L, unused (no
gum), large margins incl. sheet margin at top and right, touched at
upper left, beautiful intense shade and impression, few faint creases, two
small scissors-cuts in margins, otherwise Very Fine-Extremely Fine, an
impressive unused multiple from Plate 1 Late, Scott Retail as no gum
singles (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Three huge margins incl. part of adjoining stamps on three sides, just in
at right, tied by "Worcester Ms. Oct. 8" circular datestamp on red
Fillmore & Donelson Campaign cover to Templeton Mass., Very Fine, a
scarce design and especially so with the 1c 1851, after Fillmore's
presidency (1850-53) and Pierce's administration (a turbulent one due to
the slavery conflict), Fillmore ran as the Know-Nothing Party candidate in
1856 (Image)