1c Indigo, First Design (Scott 55) Census

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1c Indigo, First Design (Scott No. 55)
One of the finest of the 24 recorded examples
Census No. 55-OG-13

SPECIAL NOTE: There are many United States stamps that look similar to the rarities listed below. Some of the differences between expensive rarities and common stamps can be subtle, including differences in perforation, shade and size. These stamps should have certificates from a recognized expertizing committee, such as The Philatelic Foundation or P.S.E.

Our census of 1861 First Designs and Colors contains a total of 24 copies of the 1c First Design, including two cancelled stamps and one sound example with original gum in the New York Public Library collection. Of the 21 remaining unused copies, only ten are completely sound and of these only eight have original gum. There is just one centered stamp among these eight (Census No. 55-OG-03)--five others are Very Fine and two are just Fine.


Census No. History: PFC:	55-OG-01 Caspary Coll. - HRH 11/19/56 Cole Coll. - RAS 2/24/88 Drucker Coll. - RAS Sale 851 10/9/02, Lot 61 - $17,500 191688 - “Genuine PH”	55-UNC-02 RAS 10/27/65 with U.R. perfs trimmed Hewitt Coll. - Ivy 5/6/1986, Lot 154 6000 “Genuine #55” 108414 “Genuine with trace of gum”	55-OG-03 Lilly Coll. - RAS 2/2/67, Lot 124 Seymour Coll. - RAS 4/30/1970, Lot 60 1695 “Genuine”	55-OG-04 Isabelle Lessmann Coll. - RAS 9/12/1984, Lot 84 35820 “Genuine”

Census No. History: PFC:	55-UNC-05 RAS 1/6/1972 “Serious defects...spacefiller”	55-OG-06 Green Coll. - HR 5/26/1943 Ambassador Coll. - RAS 4/27/1966, Lot 76 Chapin Coll. - SPG 5/30/2003, Lot 117 (not describing tear and with older cert. only) - $26,000 1447 “Genuine” 240992 “Genuine, Previously Hinged, with tiny tear at top”	55-OG-07 RAS 3/27/1974 as sound McNall Coll. - Sup. 10/26/1992, Lot 92 - sm. sealed tear 9669 “Genuine, O.G.” 259585 “Genuine, Previously Hinged, small closed tear at B.L.”	55-UNC-08 DFK 8/16/1973 40284 “tiny tear at top and left, no gum”
	55-OG-09 before and after reperfing
Census No. History: PFC:	55-OG-09 RAS 6/18/1964 s.e. at R. RAS 5/2/1973 reperfed at R. (with PFC) 19600 “Genuine O.G.”	55-UNC-10 RAS 2/24/1965 Mielstrup Coll. - RAS 5/23/1973, Lot 120 RAS Sale 818 12/13/1999, Lot 489- $37,500 77000 “Genuine”	55-OG-11 RAS 11/14/1973 “partly nibbed perf” Lessin Coll. - SPG 5/31/2002, Lot 97 - $18,500 43676 “Genuine” 213811 “Genuine, PH ”	55-UNC-12 RAS 11/29/1972

Census No. History: PFC:	55-OG-13 Zoellner Coll. - RAS Sale 804 10/8/1998, Lot 162-$25,000 2501 “OK #55”	55-OG-14 DFK 4/1979 637 "Genuine" 69311 “Genuine with a tiny thin spot in T.L. margin”	55-OG-15 RAS 4/29/1981 Concord Coll. - RAS /19/1994, Lot 78 - $12,000 161484 “Genuine, Previously Hinged”	55-UNC-16 3256 “OK but defective"

Census No. History: PFC:	55-CAN-17 RAS 10/3/1992 (Rarities) Lake Shore Coll., RAS 12/7/2004, lot 67 - $6,250 1943 A.P.S. - Genuine, experimental cancellation 255459 “Genuine...not an experimental cancellation” 354715 "Genuine, decline opinion as to what the cancellation represents"	55-CAN-18 Concord Coll. - RAS 5/19/1994, Lot 86 - $2,700 15600 “Genuine but slight thin spot”	55-UNC-19 "Bayou" Coll. - RAS Sale 843 2/27/2002, lot 830 - $18,000 29674 “Genuine, no gum” 378056 "Genuine, pulled perf at T.L."	55-OG-20 RAS 3/23/1971 111390 “Genuine”
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Census No. History: PFC:	55-OG-21 Dr. Claiborne Johnson Jr. Coll. - SPG, 10/17/2003, lot 44 - $7,000 115476 “Genuine with tiny thin spot” 257251 “Genuine with tiny thin at T.”	55-OG-22 Isleham Coll. - RAS 5/1986 Weissman Coll. - SPG 5/8/1998, Lot 1036 - $27,000 Floyd Coll. - SPG 10/23/2001, Lot 119 - $23,000 256556 “Genuine, Previously Hinged”	55-UNC-23 275254 “Genuine with small thin at center, no gum”	55-OG-24 Miller Coll., NYPL

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