1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A). Position 6R1E, full to large margins on three sides including top sheet margin, just in at bottom, rich color, bold grid cancel struck at left leaves type characteristics clearly visible

VERY FINE. A SCARCE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ib IMPERFORATE, FROM ONE OF THE TWO BEST POSITIONS TO FURNISH THIS TYPE.

Type Ib was produced only as an imperforate stamp. Six positions on Plate 1 Early furnished stamps qualifying as Type Ib -- Positions 3-6R and 8-9R -- distinguished by the complete design at top and nearly complete design at bottom. When first entered on the plate, these six positions (as well as 7R1E) had the complete design at top and bottom. However, unlike 7R, small portions of the bottoms were burnished away. Positions 6R and 8R had less of the bottom erased than the other Type Ib positions, particularly in the left plume, and for this reason they are more desirable examples of the type.

With 1977 and 1998 P.F. and 2010 P.S.E. certificates (F-VF 75; SMQ $6,500.00)

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