1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A). Position 3R1E, full margins to just barely touched at lower right, showing double transfer especially clear within letters, wonderfully bright early shade, sharp impression, bold New York circular datestamp

VERY FINE. A SOUND AND ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ib FROM PLATE ONE EARLY.

Type Ib was produced only as an imperforate stamp from Plate 1 Early. Six positions on Plate 1E furnished stamps qualifying as Type Ib -- Positions 3-6R and 8-9R -- distinguished by the complete design at top and nearly complete design at bottom. When first entered on the plate, these six positions (as well as 7R1E) had the complete design at top and bottom. However, unlike 7R, small portions of the bottoms were burnished away.

With 2006 and 2017 P.F. certificate (VF 80).

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