Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins

Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020

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Category — 10c-12c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 13-17)

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Sale 1227, Lot 2207, 10c-12c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 13-17)10c Green, Ty. IV (16). Position 76L1, recut at bottom, unused (no gum), full even margins all around, completely sound

VERY FINE AND CHOICE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 10-CENT TYPE IV. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL CLASSIC UNITED STATES STAMPS IN UNUSED CONDITION.

10c 1855 Type IV stamps are defined by the recut of one or both outer lines at the top or bottom of the design. Type IV stamps come from only seven scattered positions on the left pane and one position on the right pane of Plate 1. Therefore, only 4% of the stamps from Plate 1 are Type IV.

With 2019 P.S.E. certificate (VF 80; SMQ $15,000.00). Only two unused Scott 16s are graded in the P.S.E. Population Report. The other is XF 90 with original gum

15,000
27,000