1c Blue, Types III/IIIa/Ia (8/8A/6). Positions 80/90/100L4, vertical strip of three with combination of three different types, top stamp Type III, middle stamp Type IIIa and bottom stamp the rare Type Ia, huge margins to full with right sheet margin, neat manuscript cancels, tiny tear in right margin of Type Ia stamp

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARING AND REMARKABLE STRIP OF THREE OF THE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE FROM PLATE 4, CONTAINING THREE DIFFERENT TYPES, INCLUDING THE RARE TYPE Ia.

Stamps printed from Plate 4 were issued in April, May, and briefly in June 1857 before perforations were introduced. The relatively small number of imperforate Plate 4 stamps issued during this period explains the rarity and desirability of any of the imperforate stamp types produced from this plate (Ia, Ic, II, III, IIIa). This combination strip was described by Neinken as "the finest strip I have ever seen showing a combination of stamps from these three rows".

Illustrated in Neinken (pp. 276-277) and Brookman Vol. I (p. 115). Ex Worthington, Stephen D. Brown, Ishikawa and Cipolla. With clear 1983 P.F. certificate. Scott value $15,000.00 as combination pair of Types IIIa/Ia and single Type III

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