Sale 1019 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 1-2 March, 2012
Category — 1c-5c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-30)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, C Relief, radiant color, precise centering with perforations clear of design all around, light grid cancelEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF THE PERFORATED 1857 ONE-CENT TYPE I -- PERFORATED TYPE I STAMPS ONLY COME FROM THE TIGHTLY-SPACED PLATE 12 AND ARE VERY RARELY ENCOUNTERED WITH PERFORATIONS CLEAR OF THE ENTIRE DESIGN.
The 1c Type I perforated is a notoriously difficult stamp to find well-centered and with perfs that do not cut off parts of the design. The Type I shows the completed design at both top and bottom, and as the spacing on the plate was narrow and perforating of stamps during this time period was generally poor, most examples do not show the full defining characteristics of the type. The example offered here, showing the full ornamentation at top and bottom is a condition rarity.
With 2011 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $5,900.00). This is the highest grade awarded to date and one of only six 95's in the P.S.E. Population Report
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Position 99L12, C Relief, rich color, large grid cancel, perfs scissors-separated causing few slightly short at left, Very Fine, ex Neinken and Wagshal, with 2011 P.F. certificate
1c Blue, Ty. II (20). Plate 12, rich color, well-centered with wide margins, Extremely Fine, with 1981 and 2006 P.S.E. certificates (VF-XF 85; SMQ $425.00)
1c Blue, Ty. II (20). Position 4L11, T Relief from the top row of the plate, wide margins especially at left, rich color, neat grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, ex Wagshal, with 2011 P.F. certificate
1c Blue, Ty. III (21). Position 36L4, deep rich color on bright paper, superior centering showing breaks at top and bottom (the defining characteristic of the type), face-free cancelEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL USED EXAMPLE OF THE PERFORATED 1857 ONE-CENT TYPE III.
With 2011 P.S.A.G. certificate (XF 90)
1c Blue, Ty. III (21). Plate 4, deep rich color, margins wide at top to just in at bottom but still showing the break at bottom that defines the type, light town cancel, Very Fine and choice, an attractive example of this difficult issue, with 1978 and 2010 P.F. certificates (VF 80)
1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Bright color, crisp impression, neat strike of grid cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2011 P.F. certificate (VF-XF 85)
1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Rich color, neat strikes of circular datestamp, fresh and Very Fine, with 2011 P.F. certificate for pair
1c Blue, Ty. IV (23). Position 66L1L, recut once at top and twice at bottom, dark color, bold Syracuse N.Y. circular datestamp, fresh and Fine, ex Neinken and Wagshal
3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Almost perfectly centered with wide margins, radiant color, blue circular datestamp, Extremely Fine Gem, scarce with such choice centering and an attractive cancel, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $250.00)
5c Brick Red (27). Radiant color, wonderfully well-centered with wide margins, perfs well clear of outer projections on all sides, face-free grid cancel at topEXTREMELY FINE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1857 ISSUE IN THE DISTINCTIVE BRICK RED COLOR. ONE OF THE FINEST USED EXAMPLES OF THIS STAMP IN EXISTENCE.
The distinctive Brick Red color is unlike any of the 5c 1856-61 shades and was probably an ink mixture anomaly in the first printing of 1858 when the rich Red Brown stamps with perforations were produced. Stamps printed in Brick Red were not released until later, which gives them an October 1858 earliest documented use date. They are notoriously difficult to find in sound, centered and lightly-cancelled condition, the three virtues possessed by this stamp.
With 2003 P.F. and 2006 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $4,250.00). Only four have graded higher to date, all at 95
5c Red Brown (28). Deep rich color, outstanding centering with wide margins which are clear of the outer projections all around, town datestampEXTREMELY FINE. A FRESH AND CHOICE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 5-CENT RED BROWN.
With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $3,250.00). Only six have graded higher to date
5c Orange Brown, Ty. II (30). Original gum, lightly hinged, beautiful vibrant color, well-centered with wide margins, Very Fine and choice, scarce in this condition, with 2003 P.F. certificate