Sale 1376 — The Monterey Collection of Superb United States 19th and 20th Century Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue (Scott 102-104)
1c Blue, Re-Issue (102). Almost perfect centering with wide margins, radiant color and detailed impression on bright paper, light datestamp cancel, long and full perforations
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT 1861 RE-ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. ONE OF THE FINEST USED EXAMPLES IN EXISTENCE.
The 1c Re-Issue was printed from a new plate of 100 subjects, compared to the original plate of 200 in two panes. 10,000 stamps were printed (100 impressions). 3,195 of the 1c were sold, by far the largest quantity of any denomination of the set. The remaining 6,805 were destroyed on July 16, 1884.
Our census of Scott 102 used, available at our website at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/102, contains 60 examples. There is a wide range of cancels found on this issue, including registry ovals, targets, circular datestamps and quartered corks. Several of the datestamps show yeardates in the 1880s, ten years after issue. The example offered here, with superior centering, is one of the finest in existence.
Census no. 102-CAN-41. Ex Dr. Hinrichs and Kirke. With 2001 P.F. and 2009 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95). Only two other examples equal this grade and only one grades higher (at 98).
