3c Orange Brown, Ty. I (10). Position 11R1E, original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color, full margins to just barely in along frameline at top left

VERY FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 3-CENT ORANGE BROWN TYPE I -- MUCH RARER IN ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION THAN THE TYPE II SCOTT 10A.

More than ten years ago, the Scott Catalogue began to differentiate between the 1851 Imperforate 3c types, based on the presence or lack of recut inner lines. The lack of recut inner lines means the stamp is Type I, Scott 10 or 11. The presence of recut inner lines means the stamp is Type II, Scott 10A and 11A. Type I comes from only two plates -- 1E and 1i, while Type II comes from five plates. The Scott values are not drastically different -- with Type I being slightly higher -- but the vast majority of the original gum examples we have sold in the past 30 years were Type II. This sound lightly hinged Type I is very desirable.

With 2002 and 2012 P.F. certificates

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