1c Blue, Ty. I (18).
Original gum, bright color, fresh and Very Fine, with 2001 P.S.E.
certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Rich
color, choice centering, bold grid cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F.
certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Wide
margins at sides, bright color contrasted by red town cancel, Very
Fine and choice, with 2001 P.F. certificate
(Image)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18).
Intense shade, Philadelphia octagonal cancel, Very Fine, with 1996 P.F.
certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Wide
margins at sides, bright color, light strike of blue target cancel,
faint corner crease at bottom left, otherwise Extremely Fine (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate
12, bright color, neat cds, reperfed at left, Very Fine appearance, with
2001 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. III/IIIa/III/Ia
(21/22/21/19). Bottom margin vertical strip of four, Positions
61/71/81/91L4, unused (no gum), deep rich color, many perfs rejoined,
bottom stamp (Ty. Ia) has a crease and tiny holeFINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE VERTICAL STRIP OF THREE COMBINING THREE DIFFERENT TYPES, INCLUDING THE RARE TYPE Ia. A WONDERFUL POSITION PIECE.
Scott Retail as gummed pairs of Type IIIa/Ia and III-IIIa. (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19).
Position 92L4, rich color, choice centering for this difficult stamp, tiny
corner crease at top right, lightened spot at leftVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1857 ONE-CENT PERFORATED TYPE Ia STAMP.
Type Ia stamps were produced from 18 of the 20 bottom-row positions on Plate 4. After perforations were introduced in mid-1857, sheets on hand printed from Plates 1 Late, 2 and 4 were fed through the new perforating machine. (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Rich
Plate 4 color, detailed impression, neat pen cancel leaves design clearly
visibleEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT PERFORATED TYPE Ia. SCARCE WITH SUCH CHOICE CENTERING.
Due to the relative completeness of the design of the Type Ia and the narrow spacing on the plate, examples of this stamp often have perforations impinging heavily on one or more parts of the design. The example offered here, with its precise centering, should be considered a condition rarity.
With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Rich
color, bold town datestampVERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT PERFORATED TYPE Ia.
With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19).
Position 98R4, rich Plate 4 color, neat Oct. cds, horizontal crease,
otherwise Fine, rare, with 2000 P.F. certificate
(Image)