10c Green, Types IV-IV-III (16-16-15). Positions 64-66L1, horizontal strip of three with two Type IV recut positions, left Position 64L recut at top and bottom and center Position 65L recut at top, right stamp Type III, mostly large margins to just in at left, tied by "Albany N.Y. Dec. 26" (1856) circular datestamps and by red "N. York Br. Pkt. 7 Paid Dec. 30" 7c credit datestamp on cover to Vienna, Austria, dark red "PAID" handstamp, red "AACHEN 14/1 FRANCO" framed transit datestamp (Jan. 14, 1857), receiving backstamp, minor edgewear

VERY FINE AND RARE STRIP OF THREE OF THE 10-CENT 1855 ISSUE, CONTAINING TWO TYPE IV STAMPS INCLUDING THE ONLY DOUBLE RECUT ON THE PLATE, USED ON A COVER TO AUSTRIA VIA PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL.

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 from Plate 1 are Type IV. Of these eight positions, Position 64L1, the left stamp in the strip offered here, is the only one with recut lines at both top and bottom.

Ex Emerson and Krug. Signed Ashbrook and with his notes on back. With 1996 P.F. certificate

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