1c Ultramarine (63a). Radiant color in the distinctive Ultramarine shade, wide margins, neat strike of circular datestamp cancel leaves entire design clearly visible

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFULLY CENTERED EXAMPLE OF THE ELUSIVE ULTRAMARINE SHADE OF THE ONE-CENT 1861 ISSUE.

Don Evans devotes almost an entire column in his book on the 1c 1861 Issue to a discussion of the Ultramarine shade, in which he notes they are "extremely scarce" (page 33). We have offered only three other used examples since keeping computerized records

With 2001 P.S.E. certificate

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