1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Plate 4, ample even margins all around showing the complete ornaments at bottom -- a defining characteristic of the type, bright shade, neat town datestamp

VERY FINE. A FRESH AND ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE TYPE Ia STAMP.

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).

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