1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 100L3, huge even margins all around including parts of adjoining stamps at top and left and part of corner sheet margin at bottom and right, gorgeous color nicely complemented by blue circular datestamp

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE II FROM THE DESIRABLE PLATE THREE. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.

For an unknown reason -- possibly a severe defect that arose in the plate -- very few stamps were printed from the new Plate 3 before it was retired, and surviving examples are rare, especially in such choice condition.

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