1c Blue, Ty. I (5). Position 7R1E, large margins including part of top sheet margin, bottom plumes and balls touched but essentially intact, deep rich color in the distinctive shade of later printings from Plate 1 Early, bold strike of grid cancel, small thin spots

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. POSITION 7R1E -- THE SEVENTH STAMP IN THE RIGHT PANE OF PLATE 1 EARLY -- IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE 1,000 POSITIONS USED TO PRINT IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT STAMPS THAT SHOWS THE COMPLETE DESIGN (TYPE I). FROM A NEW FIND AND OFFERED TO THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME.

The published census compiled by Jerome S. Wagshal contains 90 unduplicated records of Scott 5. This is the first addition to the Wagshal census, and there are probably no more than ten examples existing outside of the census population. Therefore, the 1c 1851 Type I is the rarest of all United States stamps issued regularly prior to the 1868 Grills.

Because of the significance attached to the outer portions of the 1c 1851 design, examples that have been carefully cut apart so as not to impinge on any part of the design, are extremely desirable. The narrow spacing between stamps in the sheet and the users' indifference to the outlying ornamentation during separation are factors that contribute to the great rarity of four-margin examples. This stamp should be considered desirable, because the type characteristics are clearly visible.

This now becomes Wagshal Census No. 5-CAN-091. With 2006 P.F. certificate.

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