1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A).
Position 3R1E, enormous margins all around incl. part of adjoining stamp at
bottom and sheet margin at top, pretty robin's egg blue shade
characteristic of Plate 1 Early printings, neat strike of "New York Nov.
21" datestamp with four-bar slugEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB LARGE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ib IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
Type Ib was produced only as an imperforate stamp. Six positions on Plate 1 Early 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. When first entered on the plate, these six positions (as well as 7R1E) had the complete design at top and bottom. However, unlike 7R, small portions of the bottoms were burnished away.
Signed Ashbrook. With 1986 and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A).
Position 6R1E, huge margins to barely touched incl. significant portion of
adjoining stamp at bottom, brilliant color beautifully contrasted by red
grid cancel, detailed impressionEXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ib IMPERFORATE ISSUE. POSITION 6R1E IS ONE OF TWO POSITIONS ON THE PRINTING PLATE THAT FURNISHED THE BEST EXAMPLES OF TYPE Ib.
Type Ib was produced only as an imperforate stamp. Six positions on Plate 1 Early 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. When first entered on the plate, these six positions (as well as 7R1E) had the complete design at top and bottom. However, unlike 7R, small portions of the bottoms were burnished away. Positions 6R and 8R had less of the bottom erased than the other Type Ib positions, and for this reason they are more desirable examples of the type.
All Type Ib stamps are very scarce, and the two best examples (6R and 9R) are rare. These top-row positions usually have an ample top margin, but frequently the margins are close or cutting into the sides or bottom. The example offered here is a condition rarity.
With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6).
Position 98L4, deep rich Plate 4 color, large to ample margins, very
lightly cancelledVERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ia IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
Type Ia was furnished by only eighteen of the 1,000 plate positions that produced imperforate 1c 1851 stamps. 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).
Ex Engel. With 1958, 1992 and 2004 P.F. certificates. (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Position 1R1E, large to huge margins incl. top left corner sheet
margins, bright color, cancelled by lightened manuscript "X", faint
vertical crease at left almost entirely in margin, otherwise Extremely
Fine, Plate 1 Early stamp with corner margins showing the center line are
rare (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. III (8).
Position 48L4, large margins to clear incl. trace of adjoining stamp at
top, deep rich Plate 4 color, faintly cancelled, most recent accompanying
certificate notes "small thin spot at top center" which we could only
detect under extreme magnification (and with a little imagination) and
which is not mentioned on first certificateVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE III IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
With 1989 and 2004 P.F. certificates (the first not mentioning the thin spot) (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (8A).
Enormous margins all around incl. part of adjoining stamp at top, intense
color, bold strikes of town datestampEXTREMELY FINE. AN UNUSUALLY WIDE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE IIIa IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
With 1996 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. IV (9).
Recut once at top and once at bottom, large even margins incl. part of
adjoining stamps at both top and bottom, pretty pastel color and crisp
impression from what must be an early state of the reworked plate,
face-free strike of town datestamp, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1987 P.F.
certificate (Image)
3c Orange Brown (10).
Position 54LO, large margins, brilliant color from an early state of the
plate as the position does not show any recutting and has a bold strike of
the small Boston "Paid" cancel which was only in use for the first few
months this stamp was issued, also with a trace of red transit cancel at
bottom left, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1987 P.F. certificate (Image)
3c Dull Red (11).
Original gum, barely hinged, mostly large margins incl. centerline
margin at left, brilliant color, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp,
with 1989 and 2003 P.F. certificates (Image)
5c Red Brown (12). Full
to large margins all around, bright shade, light, largely unobtrusive
strike of datestamp, Extremely Fine, with 1990 and 2004 P.F. certificates
(Image)
10c Green, Ty. I (13).
Large margins all around, deep rich color, bold strike of grid
cancelAN EXTREMELY FINE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 10-CENT TYPE I IMPERFORATE ISSUE.
With 1988 and 2004 P.F. certificates (Image)