1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Position 99R4, huge margins all around, including traces of adjoining stamp at left, deep rich Plate 4 color, light strike of town datestamp

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE Ia. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.

Stamps printed from Plate 4 were issued in April, May and briefly in June 1857 before perforations were introduced. The relatively small number of imperforate Plate 4 stamps issued during this period explains the rarity and desirability of any of the imperforate stamp types produced from this plate (Ia, Ic, II, III and IIIa). The extremely rare Type Ia, showing the full design at bottom, was furnished only by 18 of the 200 subjects on Plate 4 (all bottom row positions except two which are sub-type Ic).

Ex Kantor, Sheriff and Drucker. With 1963, 1986 and 2002 P.F. certificates. A comparable gem-quality stamp from this same position (99R4) realized $35,000 in our 2010 Wagshal sale (Sale 994, lot 1081).

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