Sale 1134 — The Alan Collection of United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday, 14 September, 2016

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Category — 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17)

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Sale 1134, Lot 14, 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17)1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Position 94L4, full margins all around showing complete design at bottom, deep Plate 4 color on bright paper, practically uncancelled, tiny thin speck at bottom left

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE Ia.

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 (the remaining two bottom-row positions were sub-type Ic).

Ex Twigg-Smith and Hansen. With 1968 and 2001 P.F. certificates

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