1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Position 99R4, deep rich color on bright paper, choice centering top to bottom for this difficult issue

FRESH AND FINE. A SCARCE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 PERFORATED ONE-CENT TYPE Ia.

Type Ia was produced by only 18 of the 20 bottom-row positions on Plate 4. Although Plate 4 was designed with sufficient space to accommodate perforations, the height of the top row and bottom row positions resulted in the perforations often cutting into the design at either top or bottom. For this reason, stamps from the bottom row of Plate 4 with perforations slightly into the design are still desirable.

With 1975 P.F. certificate

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