Sale 1024 — The Natalee Grace Collection of Used Stamps of the United States, Part One: 1847-1868 Issues
Sale Date — Thursday, 7 June, 2012
Category — 5c 1856 Issue, 10c 1855 Issue (Scott 12-16)
10c Green, Ty. II (14). Position 1R1, huge margins all around including top left corner inter-pane margins, deep rich color, neat strike of town datestampEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE CORNER-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 10-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE II. THIS IS THE ONLY TOP LEFT CORNER POSITION TO YIELD A TYPE II STAMP.
The first 10c plate of 200 (left and right panes of 100) was laid down using a three-subject transfer roll with relief types A, B and C. The C Relief was used only for the bottom row (all Type I design). The A Relief (Type II design) was used to enter the entire second row, and the B Relief (Type III design) was used for the third row. This A/B alternating relief pattern was followed consistently for the fourth through ninth rows. The top row was entered with the A Relief, except for three positions: Positions 1 and 2 in the left pane, and Position 3 in the right pane. These “misplaced reliefs” are B Reliefs, and Positions 1L and 2L are Type III designs, while Position 3R was recut (Type IV). Therefore, top left corner-margin copies are either Type III (Position 1L) or Type II (Position 1R), and top right corner stamps are always Type II.
