10c Green, Ty. I (13). Original gum, large margins to clear which shows the entire design, deep rich color, small sealed tear at top left described on accompanying certificate as a crease

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1855 10-CENT TYPE I, WITH THE TYPE CHARACTERISTICS CLEARLY VISIBLE.

The Type I stamps are defined as having complete scrolls at bottom. They are only found on the bottom row of the plate (20 positions). Unfortunately, many were trimmed at bottom when they were separated, leaving a dearth of quality copies. The Type IV stamps come from only eight positions, but we would rank the two types equally in terms of the rarity of sound four-margined original-gum copies.

A review using Power Search demonstrates exactly how rare this type is in sound, four-margin, original-gum condition. Prior to the Extremely Fine single we sold in the Whitman sale in January 2009 for $40,000 hammer, the last soun original-gum example we offered was in our 1999 Golin sale.

With 1989 P.S.E. certificate

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