Sale 1234 — The Gary Petersen Collection of Important United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 29-30 April, 2021
Category — 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17)
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10c Green, Ty. IV (16). Position 86L1, recut at top, unused (no gum), large margins all around, rich color, faint diagonal surface scrape in vignette is barely noticeableEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE LARGE-MARGINED UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 10-CENT IMPERFORATE TYPE IV.
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 produced from Plate 1 were Type IV.
Ex Geisler and "Laila". With 1991 and 2007 P.F. certificates.
15,000
15,000