1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Plate 4, deep rich color on bright paper, nicely complemented by blue grid cancel

FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1857 ONE-CENT TYPE Ia, WHICH IS ONE OF THE SCARCEST TYPES.

Type Ia, imperforate and perforated, only comes from 18 positions in the bottom row of the right and left panes of Plate 4.

Signed Ashbrook in 1957 with his identification of the Scott number

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