Sale 1140 — Outstanding United States Stamps, featuring The Irwin Weinberg Inventory

Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 9-11 November, 2016

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Category — 1c-3c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-26A)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
348
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Sale 1140, Lot 348, 1c-3c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-26A)1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Position 93L4 with bottom sheet selvage, unused (no gum), rich color, the intact selvage allows complete ornaments to be seen at bottom (the most important characteristic of the type)

FINE. A RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 PERFORATED ONE-CENT TYPE Ia.

Type Ia was produced by only 18 of the 20 bottom-row positions on Plate 4. The stamp offered here is desirable since it shows all the type characteristics in the selvage.

With copy of 1974 P.F. certificate for a vertical strip of three. With 2015 P.S.A.G. certificate

20,000
4,000