Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1851 1¢ Blue—Plate 4
A very rare strip of the 1851 1¢ Types III-III-Ic from Plate 4 in superb condition and used on a small and pristine cover1¢ Blue, Types III-III-Ic (8-8-6b), Positions 45-47L4, E Relief, horizontal strip of three, right stamp is a rare Type Ic, huge margins all around showing full characteristics of each type, both Type III stamps have wide breaks in lines at top and bottom, intense Plate 4 shade, early proof-like impression, tied by "Watertown N.Y. Jul. 17" circular datestamps on small neat cover to Sackett's Harbor, New York
Extremely Fine; strip lifted to smooth wrinkles and reaffixed.
An extraordinarily rare combination strip of three of the 1¢ 1851 Issue from Plate 4, combining two Type III stamps and a Type Ic stamp. This strip is believed to be the only such combination of types extant in a multiple of the imperforate 1¢ stamp.
Ex Jack G. Fleckenstein, Louis Grunin and Robert Zoellner.
