1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Position 97L1L, major double transfer which is especially noticeable at bottom, enormous margins all around including wide sheet margin at bottom and part of adjoining stamps on three sides, rich color, bold strike of grid cancel

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT USED EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE IV FROM POSITION 97L1L, WITH MAJOR DOUBLE TRANSFER AT BOTTOM. A SUPERB STAMP IN EVERY RESPECT.

Double and triple transfers occur when a plate is made or reconditioned. Either an earlier entry from the transfer roll is insufficiently burnished out, or the subsequent re-entry is slightly misaligned, leaving incised lines on the plate that transfer ink to the printed impression. Plate 1 Late, which was reconditioned, has a total of 51 double transfers, but Neinken specifically identified sixteen he considered "so pronounced they are outstanding." Position 97L is one of these (see Neinken book, page 120).

Ex Scarsdale. With 2002 P.F. certificate

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