1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Positions 7/17R1L, vertical pair, top stamp recut once at bottom, bottom stamp recut once at top and bottom, bright color, large margins showing the complete design at top and portion of adjoining stamp at bottom, large Boston "Paid" grid cancels and trace of red cancel, Extremely Fine, the top row of Plate 1 Late was, with the exception of Position 4R1L, recut and transformed into Type IV’s, Position 7R produced the only imperforate Type I, Scott No. 5, on Plate 1 Early, on Plate 1 Late most of 7R’s unique characteristics are still present: the design is complete at top and still shows the distinctive double transfer at top right; it is almost complete at bottom with only a small part of the balls erased; and the plumes are essentially intact, especially on early printings, with 2004 P.F. certificate

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