1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Position 41L4 with “(Carp)enter, Casilear & Co. BANK NOTE” part imprint and “N” of plate number in left selvage, crisp impression, neat manuscript “X” cancel

VERY FINE. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY PERFORATED 1857 ONE-CENT STAMP SHOWING PART OF THE PLATE 4 NUMBER AT LEFT. A GREAT RARITY.

The Neinken book (p. 277) states that “No stamp, imperforate or perforated, showing the imprint and the plate number 4 from the left pane has ever been recorded.” He also notes that apart from this stamp there are only two other perforated examples known from this same position, but that both show only a small part of the imprint. This is, therefore, the only perforated example which shows any part of the left plate number.

Illustrated in Neinken book (p. 278). Ex Neinken, Wagshal and Middendorf. With 2011 P.F. certificate

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