Sale 1187 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday, 25 July, 2018

Category — 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
25
 
Sale 1187, Lot 25, 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17)1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Position 92L4, large margins to clear, showing the complete design characteristics at bottom, intense color, neat manuscript cancel

VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ia IMPERFORATE.

The rare Type Ia, showing the full design at bottom, was furnished by only 18 of the 200 subjects on Plate 4 (the remaining two bottom-row positions were sub-type Ic).

With 2010 P.S.E. certificate for a stripe of three, this the middle stamp. Scott Retail for pen cancel.

5,000
5,500