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1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, original gum, lightly hinged, rich color and attractive centering, beautifully showing the full Type I scrolls at bottom, couple short and one pulled perf at top, appears Very Fine, with clear 1987 P.F. certificate for a block of four (top right stamp)
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, original gum, intense color, almost perfectly centered with wide margins at sides and clearly showing the characteristics of the typeEXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 PERFORATED ONE-CENT TYPE I, GRADED XF 90 BY BOTH THE P.F. AND P.S.E. -- A RARE STAMP IN SUCH CHOICE CONDITION.
The defining characteristic of Type I is that the entire design is printed, including the scrolls and plumes at bottom. Among the plates used to print imperforate stamps, only one position out of 1,000 can claim that honor (Position 7R1E, Scott No. 5). Type I perforated stamps are only known from certain positions on Plate 12. Due to the narrow spacing between perforations and difficulties of production, this issue is usually found with part of the design cut off by the perforations. The wide margins of this stamp leave the Type I characteristics around the perimeter almost completely intact.
With 2005 and 2014 P.F. certificates (XF 90) and 2009 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, XF 90; SMQ $5,750.00). This is one of only seven unused examples to achieve this grade, with just one higher (Mint N.H. at 95). We have offered only one other in this grade.
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Position 42L12, original gum, lightly hinged, rich color, fresh and Fine, with 1988 and 1996 P.F. certificates, the former as a block
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, original gum, barest trace of hinge, wide margins, pretty colorVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE PERFORATED TYPE I ONE-CENT 1857 ISSUE.
With 1989, 2002 P.F. and 2016 P.S.E. certificates
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, C Relief, original gum, pretty shade, short perf at lower left, appears Fine, ex Frelinghuysen
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color, fresh and Fine
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, C Relief, original gum, almost perfectly centered with wide margins at sides and clearly showing the characteristics of the full Type I design, deep rich colorEXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 PERFORATED ONE-CENT TYPE I.
With 1998 P.F. certificate
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, original gum, lightly hinged, pretty shade, choice centering for this difficult issue, fresh and Fine, ex Geisler, with 1996 P.F. certificate
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Position 29L12, original gum, deep rich color, attractive centering and margins, fresh and Very Fine, ex Neinken and Wagshal, with 2011 P.F. certificate for a Type I-II combination block of four
1c Blue, Ty. I (18). Plate 12, slightly disturbed original gum, small h.r., intense color, Very Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate as original gum