1¢ Blue, Type II (7), block of four and horizontal strip of six, the block Positions 4-5/14-15R2, three huge margins, just in at bottom, scissors-cut between right stamps, the strip Positions 43-48R2, Position 48R2 double transfer, large margins to just in at top of Position 44R2, few vertical creases, rich Plate 2 color and wonderful impression, tied by segmented cork cancels, "Downieville Cal. May 31"(ca. 1855) circular datestamp on bright buff cover to John Bradbury in Boston, Massachusetts

Very Fine appearance (trivial stamp flaws noted above).

An incredibly rare 1¢ 1851 Issue franking with a block of four and strip of six from Plate 2, paying the 10¢ transcontinental rate which became effective April 1, 1855.

This cover is an excellent companion to lot 180 in this sale, which is a cover from the same correspondence franked with a 1¢ 1851 block of six, strip of three and single from Plate 1 Late for the 10¢ rate.

Ex Alfred H. Caspary, J. David Baker, Louis Grunin, George J. Kramer and Joseph Hackmey. Illustrated in Bakers' U.S. Classics (p. 141). With 2003 P.F. certificate.

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