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 Four (Scott 6-8A)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
110
1c Blue, Type II, Plate 4 (7). Position 10L4, unused (no gum), huge top right corner interpane margins with centerline, other sides large to clear at upper left, deep rich color, intense shade and impressionEXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE II FROM A CORNER-MARGIN POSITION IN THE TOP ROW OF PLATE 4.
The top row of Plate 4 produced Type II stamps with the complete design at top. These distinctive positions are highly regarded by specialists and described as "rare" and "beautiful" in Neinken (pp. 269-270). Position 10L4 offered here has a very small break in the bottom outer line, between the "E" and "C" of "Cent". Some specialists argue that this qualifies it as a Type IIIa.
Ex Cowitt and Allan Fox. With 1979 P.F. certificate. Scott value as original gum is $3,250.00
E. 2,000-3,000
1,900