Sale 1244 — The Arthur S. Przybyl Collection of United States, Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 9-10 November, 2021
Category — 1861 Issue First Designs and Colors (Scott 55-61)
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101
1c Indigo, First Design (55). Original gum, intense color of the unmistakable First Design printing, attractive centering, single nibbed perf at top not mentioned on any certificate, expertly reperfed at right noted only on most recent certificateVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1861 FIRST DESIGN. ONLY 22 UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.
Our census of Scott 55, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/55 , contains a total of 26 examples. Three have target cancels and one is in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library. Of the remaining 22 copies, at least thirteen have faults ranging from serious defects to pulled perfs.
Census no. 55-OG-09. Ex Dr. Meilstrup and "Newport". With 1964 P.F. certificate not noting the reperfing (issued to Jack Molesworth immediately after the stamp appeared with a straight edge in our Sale 272). With 2008 P.F. certificate stating reperfed at right
50,000
15,000