1c Blue, Types Ic-Ia (6b-6). Positions 96-97R4, horizontal pair, F Relief, left stamp Type Ic with curl in "C" variety, right stamp Type Ia, large margins to touching plumes at bottom, deep rich color and crisp impression, circular datestamp cancel leaves the key areas of the design at bottom clearly visible

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A GORGEOUS AND EXTREMELY RARE PAIR OF THE ONE-CENT 1851 FROM THE BOTTOM ROW OF PLATE 4--CONTAINING TYPE Ia AND ONE OF ONLY TWO TYPE Ic POSITIONS FOUND IN THE BOTTOM ROW.

The identifying characteristic of Type Ic from the bottom row of Plate 4 is similar to that of Type Ia, Scott 6, which has the design complete at bottom and partly complete at top. The difference between the two types is that the bottom right plume on the Type Ic is incomplete. Neinken classifies it as a sub-type of Scott 6 (or 19), and the Scott Catalogue gives it a separate listing (6b). Neinken notes that only eight or nine positions on Plate 4 yield this type. Of these, only two are found on the bottom row of the plate (Positions 91R4 and 96R4). The other six or seven Type Ic positions were located in other rows.

Ex Sheriff and Koppersmith. With 1971 P.F. certificate calling the pair Type Ia (Scott 6) and misidentifying the positions

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