1c Blue, Ty. I (5). Position 7R1E, large margins to just touched, neat strike of grid cancel, stamp is extensively and expertly restored along top with top left portion of design painted in

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A VERY PRESENTABLE AND AFFORDABLE EXAMPLE OF SCOTT NUMBER 5, WHICH IS THE ONLY IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT STAMP TO SHOW THE ENTIRE DESIGN. ONLY ONE OF THE 1,000 POSITIONS USED TO PRINT IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT STAMPS SHOWS THE ENTIRE DESIGN.

The published census compiled by Jerome S. Wagshal contains at least 98 unduplicated records of Scott 5. There are probably no more than ten examples existing outside of the Wagshal census population. Therefore, the 1c 1851 Type I is the rarest of all United States stamps issued regularly prior to the 1868 Grills.

Wagshal Census No. 5-CAN-020. This was originally part of a strip of three (Positions 7-9R1E). With 1990 P.F. certificate as strip of three.

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