1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Positions 8-10L1L, horizontal strip of three with top sheet margin and huge right straddle-pane margin with centerline and dot, 8L recut once at bottom (eight such recuts on plate), 9-10L recut twice at bottom (eleven such recuts on plate), enormous margins all around including parts of adjoining stamps at bottom, dark shade, neatly cancelled by two strikes of "Philadelphia Pa. Jul. 28" circular datestamp, faint crease in top margin at left and slight barely noticeable surface scrape at top, still Extremely Fine Gem quality, a spectacular corner-margin multiple from Plate 1 Late, with 1991 P.F. certificate for the strip on cover, which does not mention the trivial margin flaws (cover accompanies), Scott Retail $450.00 as singles from these positions

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