1c Blue, Ty. II-IV (7-9). Positions 4-5R1L, left stamp Type II, large margins to clear, original gum, left stamp vertical crease at right which just touches the ornaments, both stamps with toned spots

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM COMBINATION PAIR OF 1851 ONE-CENT TYPES II AND IV IMPERFORATE.

Position 4R1L is the only position that was not recut on Plate 1 Late, thus producing a Type II stamp.

With 1997 P.F. certificate

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