Sale 1159 — 2017 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
Category — 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
36
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Position 97L4, unused (no gum), ample to full margins all around, small repair and stain at top, light diagonal crease at bottom, otherwise Very Fine and very rare unused example of this issue, Ty. Ia shows the full design at bottom and was furnished only by 18 of the 200 subjects on Plate 4, Power Search lists only three other unused examples, pencil notations on back, with 2009 plated certificate from the One Cent Franklin Plating Archive which fails to mention the repair
20,000
8,500
