1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Position 100L4, huge margins to barely touched at left including bottom sheet margin and right interpane margin, rich color on bright paper, neat strikes of circular datestamp

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE 1a IMPERFORATE ISSUE. ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE WITH THE BOTTOM SHEET MARGIN.

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). Many have the bottom sheet margins trimmed, affecting the design and obscuring the type characteristics. The example offered here, with wide bottom and right interpane margins, is a true condition rarity.

With 1986 and 1991 P.F. certificates.

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