United States Stamps continued...

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE I. ONLY POSITION 7R1E -- THE SEVENTH STAMP IN THE RIGHT PANE OF PLATE 1 EARLY -- FURNISHED IMPERFORATE 1851 ONE-CENT STAMPS SHOWING THE COMPLETE DESIGN (TYPE I). A HIGHLY DESIRABLE CLASSIC UNITED STATES STAMP.

The census compiled by Mal Brown contains at least 80 unduplicated records of Scott 5. There are probably no more than ten examples existing outside of the Brown census population. Therefore, the 1c 1851 Type I is the rarest of all United States stamps issued regularly prior to the 1868 Grills.

With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. POSITION 6R (AND 8R) FURNISHED THE BEST TYPE IB EXAMPLES.

Type Ib was produced only as an imperforate stamp. Six positions on Plate 1 Early furnished stamps qualifying as Type Ib -- Positions 3-6R and 8-9R -- distinguished by the complete design at top and nearly complete design at bottom. When first entered on the plate, these six positions (as well as 7R1E) had the complete design at top and bottom. However, unlike 7R, small portions of the bottoms were burnished away. Positions 6R and 8R had less of the bottom erased than the other Type Ib positions, and for this reason they are more desirable examples of the type.

With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE TYPE IA STAMP. ESPECIALLY RARE WITH A FOREIGN TRANSIT CANCELLATION.

Stamps printed from Plate 4 were issued in April, May and briefly in June 1857 before perforations were introduced. The relatively small number of imperforate Plate 4 stamps issued during this period explains the rarity and desirability of any of the imperforate stamp types produced from this plate (Ia, Ic, II, III and IIIa). The extremely rare Type Ia, showing the full design at bottom, was furnished only by 18 of the 200 subjects on Plate 4 (all from the bottom row--the remaining two bottom-row positions were sub-type Ic).

With 1998 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF EIGHT OF THE ONE-CENT 1851 IMPERFORATE TYPE II.

Scott Retail as two blocks of four (Image)

AN IMPORTANT CLASSIC MULTIPLE, BEING THE LARGEST KNOWN BLOCK OF THE ONE-CENT 1851 FROM PLATE ONE EARLY.

This block was discovered within the past seven years among a file of old records. It is the largest known block from Plate 1 Early, followed in size by the irregular unused block of eight containing Position 7R1E, an unused and defective block of six (Pos. 51-53/61-631E) and seven or eight unused blocks of four (one used block is also known).

From our 1996 Rarities of the World sale, where it realized $41,800. Ex Zoellner. With 1994 A.P.S. certificate. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT BLUE TYPE II WITH THE PLATE NUMBER FROM PLATE 2.

Ex Colonel Edward H.R. Green. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE III IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

The Neinken book states that this position is "perhaps the best example of a Type III stamp from the 6th row." The position is used in the Neinken book on page 275 to illustrate the type.

With 1998 P.F. certificate. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE III IN SOUND USED CONDITION.

With 1981 P.F. certificate (Image)