1c Blue, Type II, Plate 3 (7). Position 81R3, huge right straddle-pane margin and centerline, clearly showing a portion of Position 90L3 from the adjacent pane, other margins large to barely touched, lightly struck circular datestamp cancel, Very Fine and very rare, since the definition of straddle-pane has been updated and refreshed--a portion of the adjoining pane's stamp must be present or it is an "interpane" margin--the vast majority of 1c 1851 stamps in Power Search described as straddle-pane no longer qualify for that term, very few examples have a large enough margin on the proper side of the stamp to actually show part of the stamp in the adjoining pane, this example is particularly desirable from the elusive Plate 3, ex Cowitt and Allan Fox

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