1c Blue, Type II (7). Position 100R2, huge margins including portions of adjoining stamps at top and left, deep rich color and proof-like early impression, "New-York Dec. 5" circular datestamp, Extremely Fine Gem, a superb example of this better position, this is the only position on Plate 2 that yields a Type IIIa stamp (in its late state after plate wear), in this early state of the plate the position is Type II, given the richness of the color and the impression this is likely an 1855 use, if so this would be an earliest documented use, ex Cowitt and Allan Fox

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