1c Blue, Ty. I/II (18,
20). Vertical pair, top stamp Type I, bottom stamp Type II, dark color
on fresh paper, bold New York circular datestampEXTREMELY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE AND ATTRACTIVE COMBINATION PAIR OF THE 1857 PERFORATED ONE-CENT TYPES I AND II.
With 1986 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18).
Choice centering, bright color, long full perfs, circular datestamp,
Extremely Fine, with 1992 P.F. certificate
(Image)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Grid
cancel, bright shade, Very Fine (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Deep
rich Plate 4 color, proof-like impression on fresh white paper, centered to
left but bottom shows type characteristicsA FINE SOUND USED 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).
Position 99L4, perfs clear of type characteristics at bottom, intense Plate
4 shade, light circular datestamp, small diagonal crease and tiny pinhole,
otherwise Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate
(Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (20).
Plate 2, stitch watermark, choice centering, dark shade on bright white
paper, grid cancel, Extremely Fine, signed Ashbrook, with 2003 P.F.
certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (20).
Plate 12, beautifully centered, light grid cancel leaves most of design
clearly visible, Extremely Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (20).
Plate 12, rich color, precise centering, neat circular datestamp, Very Fine
(Image)
1c Blue, Ty. II (20).
Plate 2, deep shade on brilliant paper, light face-free strike of town
datestamp, Very Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate
(Image)
1c Blue, Ty. III (21).
Plate 4, deep shade on brilliant paper, almost perfectly centered, wide
break at bottom, clear break at topEXTREMELY FINE. A GORGEOUS USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 ONE-CENT PERFORATED TYPE III CLEARLY SHOWING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TYPE.
With 1992 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Blue, Ty. IIIA, Bottom Line
Broken (22 var). Position 46L12, break at bottom outer line and faint
outer line at top, bright color, neat strike of "New-York" circular
datestamp, faint corner crease at bottom rightVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE POSITION 46L12, DESCRIBED IN NEINKEN BOOK AS A MISPLACED RELIEF. THIS IS ALSO THE MOST PRONOUNCED POSITION OF TYPE IIIA ON PLATE 12.
According to the Neinken book (p. 495), Position 46L12 is different from all other positions on Plate 12. Given the normal method of entering the positions, it should be a "B" Relief. However, Neinken states that after much study by himself and Eliott Perry they concluded that it is an exact match for the "T" Relief used on Plate 11, which was created around the same time as Plate 12. The characteristics of the "T" relief include a greater degree of completeness at bottom left. Neinken theorizes that the siderographer picked up the transfer roll used to make Plate 11, and entered a single position on Plate 12, perhaps to correct an earlier mistake in entering the position. (Image)