Sale 1242 — The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 October, 2021
Category — One-Cent: Plate Three (Scott 7)
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Cat./Est. Value
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102
1c Blue, Type II, Plate 3 (7). Positions 97-99L3, strip of three with 14mm bottom sheet margin, other sides ample to full, showing light surface cracks throughout the strip, intense color and detailed impression on bright paper, light central strike of circular datestamp cancel, right stamp with additional manuscript cancelEXTREMELY FINE GEM BOTTOM MARGIN STRIP OF THREE OF THE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE FROM PLATE 3. THIS IS THE FAMOUS "WARNER" STRIP, CALLED BY NEINKEN "A BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE PIECE, PERHAPS THE MOST VALUABLE STRIP OF SURFACE CRACKS FROM THIS PLATE."
This strip is illustrated and described in detail in the Neinken book on pages 224-225. It is without question one of the most outstanding pieces from the elusive Plate 3. Ex Warner, Ashbrook, Ward, B. D. Phillips, Cowitt and Allan Fox and from our 1985 Rarities sale. Signed Ashbrook
E. 5,000-7,500
24,000