1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6).
Position 92R4, large to huge margins all around incl. sheet margin at
bottom, bright color, neat strike of town datestampEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A REMARKABLE 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).
With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ic/Ia
(6b/6). Vertical pair, Positions 83L4/93L4, top stamp Ty. Ic from
Relief E, large margins to just in, deep rich color, clear strike of "Ann
Arbor Mich. Jun. 21, 1858" circular datestamp, tiny thin speck at top not
mentioned on accompanying certificateFINE APPEARANCE. A RARE VERTICAL PAIR OF THE TYPE Ic AND Ia IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE. THIS COMBINATION CAN ONLY OCCUR IN THREE PLACES ON PLATE FOUR.
Plate 4 was brought into service at almost the same time that perforations were adopted, thus imperforate stamps from Plate 4 were only in use for a very short period of time. The 1858 yeardate on this pair indicates that it was used long after perforations were adopted.
This combination of types only occurs in vertical pairs in three places on the plate. The Scott Catalogue does not list this vertical combination of Type Ic (Relief E) and Type Ia (Relief F) -- value as two singles is (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. IIIa/III/Ia
(8A-8-6). Positions 75/85/95L4, vertical strip of three with
combination of three different desirable types from Reliefs D, E and F,
large margin at left and bottom, clear at top, slightly in at right, rich
Plate 4 color, light N.Y. town circular datestampsA FINE AND REMARKABLE STRIP OF THREE INCLUDING THE RARE TYPE Ia. ONLY 18 OF 20 POSITIONS ON THE BOTTOM ROW OF PLATE 4 PRODUCED THIS TYPE.
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, IIIa).
Scott Retail as Ty. III-Ia pair and IIIa single (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ic (6b).
Position 96R4 with Curl in "C" of "Cent", rich color, neat strike of
1857 circular datestamp, faint vertical crease at right, small thins and
expert repair at bottom adding portions of margin and design, Very Fine
appearance, scarce position of this sub-type, with 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Plate 2, original gum, lightly hinged, full to large margins incl. part of
adjoining stamp at bottom, deep rich colorEXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLY FRESH ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE II ISSUE.
With 1999 P.F. certificate. (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Plate 2, original gum, lightly hinged, full to large margins, bright color
and paperVERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE II ISSUE.
With 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Position 45R2 with horizontal guide line in hair, original gum,
lightly hinged, large margins to barely touched, bright color, Very Fine
example of this scarce position, with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Plate 2, top row position with huge margins all around, deep shade, grid
cancel, Extremely Fine Gem (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Plate 2, huge margins all around incl. part of adjoining stamp at top,
bright color, light strike of town datestamp, faint diagonal crease at
bottom left visible only in fluid, Extremely Fine appearance (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (7).
Plate 1E, horizontal strip of three, huge margins to just in incl. part of
three adjoining stamps at bottom, fresh and bright color, clear blue
"Louisville Ky. Mar. 3" datestamps, fresh and Very Fine, multiples from
Plate 1E are extremely desirable, with 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II, Major Plate
Crack (7 var). Position 2L2, margins virtually all around, deep rich
color with the plate flaw prominently visible at right, light strike of
red New York Carrier cancel, trivial hardly noticeable corner
crease, otherwise Very Fine example of this dramatic plate variety (Image)