1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Position 94R4, four margins ranging from close at bottom, to huge at left, including a significant portion of the adjoining stamp, intense color and proof-like impression, circular datestamp cancel

EXTREMELY FINE. A HIGHLY DESIRABLE LARGE-MARGINED, SOUND USED EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE Ia.

Stamps printed from Plate 4 were issued in April, May and briefly in June 1857 before perforations were introduced. The relatively small number of imperforate Plate 4 stamps issued during this period explains the rarity and desirability of any of the imperforate stamp types produced from this plate (Ia, Ic, II, III and IIIa). The extremely rare Type Ia, showing the full design at bottom, was furnished only by 18 of the 200 subjects on Plate 4 (the remaining two bottom-row positions were sub-type Ic).

With 1987 and 2015 P.F. certificates as part of a pair. With 2015 P.F. certificate as this single (VF-XF 85 XQ -- "XQ" is Extraordinary Quality)

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